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Oberlin, KS

1,763 Population
1.9 square miles 923.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.2 ±6.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Decatur County: 52.1 ±2.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$34,346 ±$4,814 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Decatur County: $36,280 ±$3,576
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$47,813 ±$10,174 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Decatur County: $52,030 ±$4,221
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

13% ±6.2% (220  ±106) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Decatur County: 13% † 345 (±5.1% / ±137)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

12.1 minutes ±2.6 (7,585  ±2,316) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Decatur County: 17 † 18,355 (±3.7 / ±4,616)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

884 ±92 Number of households
  • Decatur County: 1,373 ±58
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
1.9 ±0.3 (1,711  ±161) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Decatur County: 2 2,694 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

9.8% ±8.1% (27  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Decatur County: 8% † 34 (±6.4% / ±27)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

1,021 ±97 Number of housing units
  • Decatur County: 1,643 ±48
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$77,400 ±$6,458 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Decatur County: $78,500 † ±$9,073
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

8% ±4% (141  ±71.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Decatur County: 10.2% † 278 (±3.9% / ±106.9)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

93.5% ±9.4% (1,305  ±174.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Decatur County: 94.2% 2,045 (±9% / ±199.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
31.6% ±6.8% (441  ±102.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Decatur County: 27.8% † 604 (±5.1% / ±110.5)
  • about 90 percent 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

2.3% ±1.4% (40  ±25) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Decatur County: 2.2% 60
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

5.1% ±2.9% (71  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Decatur County: 4.9% † 107 (±2.1% / ±45)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
71 Total veterans ±41 67 Male ±39 4 Female ±19

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