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Peru, KS

165 Population
0.3 square miles 509.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.9 ±8.3 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Chautauqua County: 45.3 ±0.9
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$25,454 ±$9,114 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chautauqua County: $30,782 † ±$3,092
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$45,000 ±$21,296 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chautauqua County: $54,592 ±$3,631
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

6.1% ±5.3% (10  ±10) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Chautauqua County: 16.9% † 560 (±4.1% / ±135)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

34.1 minutes ±37.4 (1,330  ±995) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Chautauqua County: 23.9 † 31,060 (±3.4 / ±4,881)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

84 ±35 Number of households
  • Chautauqua County: 1,315 ±96
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2 ±0.5 (165  ±80) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chautauqua County: 2.5 3,290 (±0.2 / ±4)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

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

Housing

114 ±38 Number of housing units
  • Chautauqua County: 1,971 ±31
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$33,900 ±$12,832 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Chautauqua County: $63,300 † ±$11,903
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

5.5% ±13.1% (9  ±22) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chautauqua County: 9.7% † 321 (±3.4% / ±,113.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

70.8% ±13.6% (102  ±50) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chautauqua County: 89.4% 2,153 (±6.9% / ±,171.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
4.2% ±19.1% (6  ±27.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Chautauqua County: 18.4% † 442 (±3.6% / ±86.4)
  • about 10 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

N/A Foreign-born population

16.1% ±10.6% (24  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Chautauqua County: 6.9% † 180 (±1.6% / ±41)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
24 Total veterans ±19 24 Male ±19 N/A Female ±11

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