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Norton, KS

2,729 Population
1.9 square miles 1,430 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Norton County: 40.4 ±1.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$26,194 ±$4,052 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Norton County: $28,514 † ±$5,111
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$52,822 ±$7,243 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Norton County: $52,710 † ±$7,115
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

6% ±3.3% (154  ±86) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Norton County: 9.4% † 420 (±2.9% / ±127)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

9.6 minutes ±3.8 (10,315  ±4,545) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Norton County: 12.2 † 23,125 (±2.6 / ±5,467)
  • about half the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

1,039 ±152 Number of households
  • Norton County: 1,881 ±183
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.5 ±0.4 (2,590  ±154) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Norton County: 2.4 4,468 (±0.2 / ±36)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

6.7% ±6.8% (32  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Norton County: 5.1% † 46 (±3.8% / ±35)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

1,305 ±139 Number of housing units
  • Norton County: 2,463 ±24
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$100,200 ±$31,397 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Norton County: $109,800 † ±$25,776
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

14.9% ±6.5% (396  ±,173.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Norton County: 17.6% † 938 (±4.2% / ±,225.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

91.7% ±14.9% (1,622  ±,281.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Norton County: 90.8% † 3,628 (±9.1% / ±,363.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
25.5% ±7.5% (451  ±,134.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Norton County: 20.8% † 830 (±4% / ±,161.5)
  • 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

1% ±0.7% (27  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Norton County: 1.5% 80
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

1.6% ±1.2% (32  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Norton County: 5.7% † 249 (±1.5% / ±66)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
32 Total veterans ±23 28 Male ±24 4 Female ±7

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