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Peru, KS

139 Population
0.3 square miles 429.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.7 ±17.1 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Chautauqua County: 45.2 ±1.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$29,478 ±$6,833 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chautauqua County: $33,548 † ±$3,542
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$39,615 ±$24,785 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chautauqua County: $56,438 ±$4,556
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

18.7% ±13.2% (26  ±21) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Chautauqua County: 14.9% † 494 (±3.6% / ±118)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

29.7 minutes ±8.8 (1,545  ±955) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Chautauqua County: 22.2 † 29,900 (±3.1 / ±4,506)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

90 ±39 Number of households
  • Chautauqua County: 1,356 ±96
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
1.5 ±0.9 (139  ±55) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Chautauqua County: 2.4 3,285 (±0.2 / ±4)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

19.1% ±28.5% (4  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Chautauqua County: 7.6% † 44 (±4.5% / ±26)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

124 ±43 Number of housing units
  • Chautauqua County: 1,975 ±16
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$37,500 ±$13,697 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Chautauqua County: $65,500 † ±$7,791
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

85.1% ±23.7% (103  ±49.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Chautauqua County: 90.2% 2,177 (±6.6% / ±166)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
12.4% ±24.6% (15  ±30.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chautauqua County: 18.6% † 448 (±3.5% / ±83.8)
  • about one-third 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.7% ±4.3% (6  ±6) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chautauqua County: 5.1% † 133 (±1.4% / ±36)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
6 Total veterans ±6 6 Male ±6 N/A Female ±11

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