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Plains, KS

1,266 Population
1 square miles 1,267.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.6 ±5.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Meade County: 37.7 ±1.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$33,231 ±$6,304 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Meade County: $47,644 † ±$12,138
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$72,222 ±$13,019 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Meade County: $74,063 † ±$11,630
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

12.1% ±4.1% (153  ±57) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Meade County: 7.1% † 276 (±2.3% / ±88)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

14.2 minutes ±1.8 (8,060  ±1,839) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Meade County: 16.8 † 31,440 (±2.2 / ±4,517)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

448 ±65 Number of households
  • Meade County: 1,602 ±80
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.8 ±0.2 (1,266  ±199) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Meade County: 2.5 3,919 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

20.6% ±8.3% (74  ±35) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Meade County: 13.6% † 117 (±5.8% / ±51)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

503 ±66 Number of housing units
  • Meade County: 1,912 ±70
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$133,600 ±$24,557 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Meade County: $137,500 ±$13,208
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

16.5% ±9.1% (203  ±,115.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Meade County: 17.5% † 693 (±4.7% / ±,185.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

72.6% ±7.2% (501  ±93.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Meade County: 86.4% 2,229 (±7.3% / ±,202.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
20.1% ±6.4% (139  ±49.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Meade County: 24% † 619 (±4% / ±,104.5)
  • about three-fifths 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

24.5% ±7.9% (310  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Meade County: 10.8% 433
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

3.1% ±2.7% (26  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Meade County: 5.2% † 153 (±2% / ±59)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
26 Total veterans ±23 26 Male ±23 N/A Female ±11

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