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Paola, KS

5,757 Population
5.3 square miles 1,086.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$39,914 ±$5,611 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $44,205 ±$449
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$73,281 ±$3,584 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $81,927 ±$676
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

5.7% ±2.8% (316  ±154) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 10% 217,501 (±0.3% / ±6,069)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

25.3 minutes ±3.2 (69,980  ±12,125) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.3 22,034,824 (±0.2 / ±195,439)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

2,500 ±194 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 882,252 ±2,661
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.2 ±0.2 (5,484  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 2,171,320 (±0 / ±397)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

2,667 ±200 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 950,404 ±521
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$195,000 ±$26,009 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $265,400 ±$1,712
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

10.9% ±4.2% (630  ±,241.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.7% 298,865 (±0.3% / ±6,935.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

88.7% ±9.6% (3,571  ±,455.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93.1% 1,393,401 (±0.6% / ±8,642.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
28.7% ±5.7% (1,155  ±,243.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 39.2% 586,403 (±0.4% / ±5,576.9)
  • about 80 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

0.6% ±0.9% (35  ±54) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.2% 157,554
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

6% ±2.9% (277  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7% 115,953 (±0.1% / ±1,885)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
277 Total veterans ±136 255 Male ±138 22 Female ±28

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