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Norton, KS

2,704 Population
1.9 square miles 1,416.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Norton County: 40.2 ±2.1
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$28,159 ±$4,816 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Norton County: $26,220 † ±$2,802
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$51,266 ±$5,521 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Norton County: $50,305 ±$4,345
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

4.1% ±2.8% (106  ±71) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Norton County: 8.5% † 375 (±2.3% / ±102)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

8.4 minutes ±2.9 (7,785  ±3,221) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Norton County: 12.1 † 19,645 (±2.2 / ±4,597)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

1,096 ±142 Number of households
  • Norton County: 1,917 ±183
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.3 ±0.3 (2,570  ±147) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Norton County: 2.3 4,401 (±0.2 / ±40)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

1.1% ±2.1% (5  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Norton County: 3.8% † 35 (±4.6% / ±43)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

1,389 ±168 Number of housing units
  • Norton County: 2,454 ±30
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$94,100 ±$53,072 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Norton County: $106,300 † ±$32,207
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

12.1% ±5% (325  ±,134.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Norton County: 15.1% † 808 (±3.6% / ±,189.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

93.8% ±15.9% (1,681  ±,307.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Norton County: 92.3% † 3,648 (±9.3% / ±,373.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
23.8% ±8% (427  ±,145.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Norton County: 19.4% † 768 (±4.5% / ±,179.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.5% ±3.6% (103  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Norton County: 7.1% † 304 (±2.1% / ±91)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
103 Total veterans ±68 100 Male ±69 3 Female ±6

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