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Peru, KS

162 Population
0.3 square miles 500.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.9 ±7.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Chautauqua County: 45.9 ±0.9
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$24,482 ±$8,584 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chautauqua County: $28,267 † ±$3,190
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$36,985 ±$21,201 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Chautauqua County: $51,210 ±$3,001
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

6.8% ±2.7% (11  ±7) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Chautauqua County: 17.6% † 587 (±3.9% / ±130)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

29.9 minutes ±6 (1,225  ±980) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Chautauqua County: 22.4 27,465 (±2 / ±3,296)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

85 ±39 Number of households
  • Chautauqua County: 1,323 ±90
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
1.9 ±0.4 (162  ±80) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Chautauqua County: 2.5 3,309 (±0.2 / ±5)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

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

Housing

125 ±42 Number of housing units
  • Chautauqua County: 1,983 ±16
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$33,000 ±$7,802 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Chautauqua County: $58,400 † ±$12,254
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

5.6% ±13.6% (9  ±22.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Chautauqua County: 9.7% † 325 (±3.7% / ±,124.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

71.4% ±14.6% (100  ±50.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Chautauqua County: 88.8% 2,140 (±6.9% / ±,170.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
2.9% ±19.7% (4  ±27.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Chautauqua County: 16.2% † 391 (±3.4% / ±81.7)
  • about 10 percent 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

N/A Foreign-born population

21.2% ±10.8% (31  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Chautauqua County: 9.1% † 237 (±2.1% / ±54)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
31 Total veterans ±21 31 Male ±21 N/A Female ±11

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