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Ness City, KS

1,243 Population
1.5 square miles 854.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.9 ±8.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Ness County: 48.4 † ±5.8
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$44,670 ±$13,008 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Ness County: $39,978 † ±$6,679
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$77,917 ±$25,932 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ness County: $64,907 † ±$7,389
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

7.8% ±3.4% (94  ±42) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ness County: 10.5% † 276 (±4.2% / ±110)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

13.5 minutes ±3.1 (8,630  ±2,344) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ness County: 15.7 † 20,365 (±2.4 / ±3,385)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

508 ±75 Number of households
  • Ness County: 1,144 ±77
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.4 ±0.4 (1,209  ±134) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ness County: 2.3 2,626 (±0.2 / ±6)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

16.2% ±10.3% (34  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Ness County: 8.8% † 42 (±4.9% / ±24)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

619 ±76 Number of housing units
  • Ness County: 1,500 ±64
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$100,900 ±$12,687 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Ness County: $80,400 † ±$9,253
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

14% ±6.4% (172  ±80.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Ness County: 8.3% † 220 (±3.3% / ±86.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

89.4% ±4.5% (771  ±97.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ness County: 91.4% 1,692 (±6.2% / ±,137.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
26.1% ±6% (225  ±57.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Ness County: 20.9% † 387 (±3.6% / ±68.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.3% ±5.1% (115  ±65) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ness County: 6.7% 179
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

5.4% ±2.9% (52  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ness County: 7.6% † 161 (±2.4% / ±52)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
52 Total veterans ±28 52 Male ±28 N/A Female ±11

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