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Salina, KS

46,432 Population
26.2 square miles 1,774.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 40.1 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$33,344 ±$1,741 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Salina, KS Micro Area: $34,579 ±$1,432
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$60,624 ±$3,674 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Salina, KS Micro Area: $63,998 ±$3,682
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

13.1% ±2.2% (5,874  ±997) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 12.3% † 7,142 (±1.8% / ±1,042)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

14 minutes ±0.6 (304,805  ±18,576) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 16 444,895 (±0.6 / ±21,625)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

19,301 ±398 Number of households
  • the Salina, KS Micro Area: 24,676 ±405
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.3 ±0.1 (44,874  ±34) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 2.4 57,908 (±0 / ±28)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

6.4% ±2.3% (655  ±238) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 6.4% † 801 (±1.9% / ±243)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

20,855 ±190 Number of housing units
  • the Salina, KS Micro Area: 26,830 ±56
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$164,500 ±$7,602 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Salina, KS Micro Area: $171,100 ±$7,035
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

15.1% ±2.3% (6,948  ±1,035.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 14.2% † 8,364 (±1.8% / ±1,088.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

92.5% ±4.3% (29,025  ±1,381.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 93.1% 37,858 (±3.6% / ±1,460.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
28.7% ±2.6% (9,014  ±808.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 28.6% 11,634 (±2.1% / ±851.3)
  • about 80 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

4.6% ±1.2% (2,133  ±567) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 3.9% 2,330
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

7.8% ±1.1% (2,804  ±381) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 7.5% † 3,448 (±0.9% / ±405)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
2,804 Total veterans ±381 2,560 Male ±329 244 Female ±183

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