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Protection, KS

504 Population
0.9 square miles 543.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.6 ±4.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Comanche County: 50.8 † ±6
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$31,576 ±$5,271 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Comanche County: $31,710 ±$2,258
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$63,676 ±$14,275 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Comanche County: $49,417 ±$4,291
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

9.1% ±4% (42  ±21) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Comanche County: 11.2% † 181 (±3.5% / ±60)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

19 minutes ±3.8 (4,335  ±1,557) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Comanche County: 14.4 † 11,345 (±1.5 / ±1,983)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

220 ±44 Number of households
  • Comanche County: 821 ±80
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.1 ±0.3 (462  ±113) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Comanche County: 2 1,624 (±0.1 / ±172)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

0.9% ±1.7% (1  ±2) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Comanche County: 1.3% † 4 (±1.6% / ±5)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

292 ±56 Number of housing units
  • Comanche County: 1,050 ±76
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$55,900 ±$4,279 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Comanche County: $59,900 † ±$13,234
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

11.2% ±7.3% (56  ±38.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Comanche County: 8.8% † 148 (±3.1% / ±53.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

95.3% ±26.4% (368  ±70.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Comanche County: 95.2% 1,200 (±6.2% / ±,145.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
19.7% ±10.1% (76  ±41.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Comanche County: 19.2% † 242 (±4.5% / ±62)
  • 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

0.8% ±1.2% (4  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Comanche County: 0.2% † 4 (±0.4% / ±6)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

8.1% ±4% (34  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Comanche County: 5.4% † 74 (±2.2% / ±31)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
34 Total veterans ±18 31 Male ±18 3 Female ±4

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