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Salina, KS

46,307 Population
26.2 square miles 1,769.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 40.2 ±0.8
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$34,886 ±$1,909 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Salina, KS Micro Area: $36,738 ±$1,736
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$61,783 ±$2,913 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Salina, KS Micro Area: $65,745 ±$3,311
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

13% ±1.9% (5,824  ±854) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 11.7% † 6,790 (±1.5% / ±883)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

14.8 minutes ±1 (318,040  ±24,401) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 16.6 456,350 (±0.8 / ±26,791)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

19,474 ±396 Number of households
  • the Salina, KS Micro Area: 24,931 ±369
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.3 ±0.1 (44,780  ±26) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 2.3 57,835 (±0 / ±24)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

5% ±2% (508  ±201) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 5.6% † 691 (±1.6% / ±202)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

20,864 ±199 Number of housing units
  • the Salina, KS Micro Area: 26,850 ±53
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$173,200 ±$8,325 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Salina, KS Micro Area: $178,200 ±$6,504
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

15.7% ±2.2% (7,214  ±1,002) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 14.7% † 8,668 (±1.9% / ±1,093.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

93.1% ±4.2% (29,269  ±1,342.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 93.6% 38,091 (±3.5% / ±1,420.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
28.7% ±2.6% (9,017  ±833.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 29% 11,810 (±2.1% / ±866.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

5% ±1.1% (2,317  ±506) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 4.2% 2,520
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

7.1% ±1.1% (2,551  ±388) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 6.9% † 3,184 (±0.8% / ±378)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
2,551 Total veterans ±388 2,230 Male ±359 321 Female ±189

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