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Paola, KS

5,770 Population
5.3 square miles 1,089 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45 ±5.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 38 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,378 ±$6,343 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $45,685 ±$468
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$74,662 ±$5,849 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $83,460 ±$831
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.8% ±4% (440  ±225) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 10% 217,768 (±0.2% / ±5,276)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.7 minutes ±4.6 (71,825  ±15,952) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.2 21,708,696 (±0.2 / ±220,341)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,594 ±196 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 895,368 ±2,591
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (5,516  ±23) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.4 2,187,743 (±0 / ±370)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±3.7% (40  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.5% 28,576 (±0.3% / ±1,280)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,734 ±192 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 960,950 ±496
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$210,800 ±$32,796 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $287,300 ±$2,005
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±5% (732  ±290.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.1% 286,404 (±0.3% / ±6,772.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.1% ±9.6% (3,669  ±469.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93.2% 1,409,297 (±0.6% / ±8,964.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.4% ±5.5% (1,100  ±241.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 39.8% 601,578 (±0.4% / ±5,606.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

0.4% ±0.5% (21  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.3% 162,114
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.6% ±2.7% (312  ±128) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.7% 112,400 (±0.1% / ±2,222)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
312 Total veterans ±128 285 Male ±118 27 Female ±30

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