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Paola, KS

5,742 Population
5.3 square miles 1,083.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$36,643 ±$5,187 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $42,460 ±$390
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$69,420 ±$4,737 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $78,827 ±$626
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

6.1% ±2.2% (340  ±121) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 10% 216,718 (±0.3% / ±6,372)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

24.5 minutes ±3.9 (66,480  ±13,695) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 23.4 22,549,460 (±0.2 / ±203,473)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

2,383 ±193 Number of households
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 869,964 ±2,501
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.3 ±0.2 (5,465  ±22) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 2,159,789 (±0 / ±341)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

1% ±1.5% (12  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.4% 27,765 (±0.3% / ±1,285)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

2,539 ±208 Number of housing units
  • the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 940,968 ±394
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$172,700 ±$16,093 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: $246,000 ±$1,624
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

11.5% ±4.7% (662  ±269) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 14.3% 309,227 (±0.3% / ±6,281.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

88.9% ±10.4% (3,402  ±,470.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 93% 1,382,317 (±0.6% / ±8,565.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
25.1% ±6.1% (962  ±,243.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.5% 572,829 (±0.4% / ±5,181.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

1.3% ±1.6% (77  ±94) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.9% 150,518
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

7% ±3% (317  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Kansas City, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.1% 118,612 (±0.1% / ±2,193)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
317 Total veterans ±137 303 Male ±134 14 Female ±21

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