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Plains, KS

1,308 Population
1 square miles 1,309.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.8 ±3 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Meade County: 37.5 ±0.9
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$27,533 ±$4,492 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Meade County: $44,359 † ±$11,474
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$75,500 ±$12,913 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Meade County: $74,868 † ±$9,127
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

10.4% ±6% (136  ±82) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Meade County: 6.6% † 255 (±2.8% / ±108)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

14.5 minutes ±3.2 (8,390  ±2,414) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Meade County: 16.5 † 28,215 (±2.9 / ±5,391)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

402 ±71 Number of households
  • Meade County: 1,496 ±103
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
3.3 ±0.2 (1,308  ±241) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Meade County: 2.6 3,860 (±0.2 / ±199)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

20.3% ±11.6% (61  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Meade County: 13% † 99 (±5.8% / ±45)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

491 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Meade County: 1,869 ±82
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$127,700 ±$41,330 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Meade County: $122,000 † ±$19,304
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

20.1% ±11.7% (252  ±153.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Meade County: 17.4% † 675 (±5.4% / ±210.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

71% ±6.3% (500  ±99.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Meade County: 84.6% 2,154 (±6.2% / ±191.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
20.2% ±7.1% (142  ±56.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Meade County: 22.8% † 579 (±4% / ±106.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

21.7% ±6% (284  ±94) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Meade County: 9.8% † 386 (±1.9% / ±79)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

3.2% ±3.1% (27  ±27) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Meade County: 6% † 175 (±1.9% / ±56)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
27 Total veterans ±27 27 Male ±27 N/A Female ±11

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