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Protection, KS

492 Population
0.9 square miles 530.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±6.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Comanche County: 49.6 ±2.9
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,604 ±$4,271 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Comanche County: $34,007 ±$2,791
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,974 ±$11,742 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Comanche County: $54,545 † ±$6,643
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11% ±5.7% (50  ±29) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Comanche County: 9.2% † 154 (±4.3% / ±73)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.1 minutes ±3.6 (4,020  ±1,473) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Comanche County: 13.4 11,105 (±1.1 / ±1,872)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

206 ±47 Number of households
  • Comanche County: 824 † ±86
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (453  ±121) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Comanche County: 2 1,674 (±0 / ±175)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.8% ±1.6% (1  ±2) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Comanche County: 0.9% † 3 (±1.5% / ±5)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

244 ±50 Number of housing units
  • Comanche County: 1,016 ±81
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$55,200 ±$3,949 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Comanche County: $69,600 † ±$16,457
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10% ±6.8% (49  ±35.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Comanche County: 9.6% † 166 (±4.5% / ±78.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.2% ±28.6% (337  ±69.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Comanche County: 96% 1,229 (±6.6% / ±148)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.1% ±9.7% (71  ±37.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Comanche County: 20.1% † 257 (±3.9% / ±56.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.4% ±2.8% (12  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Comanche County: 0.8% † 14 (±0.8% / ±14)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.8% ±4% (30  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Comanche County: 5.7% † 79 (±1.9% / ±28)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
30 Total veterans ±17 27 Male ±16 3 Female ±4

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