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Oberlin, KS

1,734 Population
1.9 square miles 907.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.5 ±8.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Decatur County: 50.1 ±3.4
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$35,544 ±$5,488 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Decatur County: $35,100 † ±$4,447
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$52,284 ±$5,590 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Decatur County: $53,870 ±$3,964
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

11.5% ±7.7% (193  ±130) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Decatur County: 12.7% † 339 (±6.2% / ±166)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

12.4 minutes ±2.6 (7,830  ±2,490) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Decatur County: 17.9 † 19,225 (±3.9 / ±4,875)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

847 ±95 Number of households
  • Decatur County: 1,327 ±79
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2 ±0.3 (1,680  ±174) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Decatur County: 2 2,672 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

9.7% ±9.8% (24  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Decatur County: 8.5% † 34 (±7.2% / ±29)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

1,062 ±84 Number of housing units
  • Decatur County: 1,634 ±15
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$88,700 ±$15,564 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Decatur County: $89,500 † ±$12,973
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

9.6% ±4.2% (166  ±74.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Decatur County: 11.8% † 320 (±4.1% / ±111.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

93.9% ±8.2% (1,282  ±168.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Decatur County: 94.1% 2,003 (±9.2% / ±205.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
32.2% ±6.6% (439  ±100.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Decatur County: 27% † 574 (±5.3% / ±114.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

2.2% ±1.5% (38  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Decatur County: 2.1% 58
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

5% ±2.7% (69  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Decatur County: 5% † 107 (±1.9% / ±41)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
69 Total veterans ±38 58 Male ±32 11 Female ±24

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