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Plainville, KS

1,766 Population
1.2 square miles 1,476.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rooks County: 46 ±0.8
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$35,089 ±$4,655 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Rooks County: $34,675 ±$2,528
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$60,526 ±$13,246 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Rooks County: $61,596 ±$3,161
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

2.7% ±1.7% (48  ±31) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Rooks County: 5.3% † 247 (±1.5% / ±70)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

13.5 minutes ±2.1 (12,345  ±2,543) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Rooks County: 13.6 † 30,785 (±1.6 / ±4,009)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

800 ±79 Number of households
  • Rooks County: 2,142 ±89
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.2 ±0.3 (1,763  ±164) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Rooks County: 2.2 4,654 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

4.9% ±5.6% (20  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rooks County: 3.3% † 29 (±3.1% / ±27)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

899 ±89 Number of housing units
  • Rooks County: 2,643 ±30
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$89,000 ±$13,844 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Rooks County: $90,000 † ±$10,242
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

14.3% ±5.9% (248  ±105.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rooks County: 13% † 629 (±3.7% / ±179.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

94.1% ±8.6% (1,156  ±145.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rooks County: 92.2% 3,293 (±6% / ±223.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
30.3% ±6.5% (372  ±86.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Rooks County: 24% † 858 (±3.3% / ±117.7)
  • about 90 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

0.6% ±0.7% (11  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rooks County: 0.5% 23
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

8% ±3.7% (108  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Rooks County: 7.8% † 299 (±1.9% / ±72)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
108 Total veterans ±51 107 Male ±50 1 Female ±3

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