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Norton, KS

2,689 Population
1.9 square miles 1,409 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.1 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Norton County: 41.3 ±1.5
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,605 ±$3,705 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Norton County: $27,666 ±$2,384
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$53,125 ±$8,520 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Norton County: $54,050 † ±$5,415
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.2% ±2.9% (83  ±74) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Norton County: 7.2% † 313 (±2.7% / ±117)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

7.5 minutes ±2.5 (7,305  ±2,807) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Norton County: 11 † 18,000 (±2.1 / ±4,112)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about one-quarter of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,081 ±128 Number of households
  • Norton County: 2,000 ±156
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (2,565  ±159) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Norton County: 2.2 4,348 (±0.2 / ±25)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.5% ±3.7% (16  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Norton County: 4.5% † 43 (±4% / ±38)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,312 ±159 Number of housing units
  • Norton County: 2,450 ±19
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$96,800 ±$32,757 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Norton County: $101,500 † ±$20,642
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.1% ±5.3% (216  ±140.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Norton County: 13.9% † 738 (±3.4% / ±181.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.7% ±16.4% (1,765  ±324.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Norton County: 95.1% 3,756 (±9.1% / ±374.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.3% ±9.2% (529  ±171.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Norton County: 22.5% † 887 (±4.7% / ±188.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.3% ±3.6% (35  ±96) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Norton County: 1.9% 101
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±3% (82  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Norton County: 6.3% † 268 (±1.8% / ±79)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
82 Total veterans ±55 82 Male ±55 N/A Female ±11

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