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Salina, KS

46,734 Population
26.2 square miles 1,785.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 40.2 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,477 ±$1,747 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Salina, KS Micro Area: $32,734 ±$1,434
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$56,945 ±$2,989 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Salina, KS Micro Area: $60,896 ±$3,196
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

12.7% ±2% (5,735  ±911) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 11.8% † 6,882 (±1.6% / ±948)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

14.2 minutes ±1 (309,025  ±24,744) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 16.1 450,420 (±0.8 / ±26,785)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

19,442 ±353 Number of households
  • the Salina, KS Micro Area: 24,732 ±374
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.3 ±0 (45,167  ±31) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 2.4 58,239 (±0 / ±22)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

7.1% ±2.3% (713  ±237) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 7.1% † 883 (±1.9% / ±240)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

20,852 ±174 Number of housing units
  • the Salina, KS Micro Area: 26,796 ±50
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$155,500 ±$5,158 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Salina, KS Micro Area: $161,600 ±$5,388
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

17.1% ±2.2% (7,904  ±,997.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 15.7% † 9,309 (±1.8% / ±1,076.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

93.7% ±4.3% (29,498  ±1,404.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 93.8% 38,270 (±3.6% / ±1,481.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
27.8% ±2.5% (8,746  ±,794.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 27.8% 11,327 (±2% / ±828)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

5.4% ±1.2% (2,537  ±559) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 4.6% 2,755
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

9.2% ±1.1% (3,332  ±381) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Salina, KS Micro Area: 8.7% 4,033 (±0.8% / ±376)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
3,332 Total veterans ±381 3,096 Male ±357 236 Female ±162

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