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Scranton, KS

868 Population
1.1 square miles 805.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±6.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 40 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,177 ±$4,019 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $35,694 ±$814
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$51,484 ±$4,316 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $65,665 ±$2,167
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

19.5% ±7.8% (169  ±76) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 11.7% 26,655 (±0.8% / ±1,759)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

26.5 minutes ±8.9 (8,965  ±2,055) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 20.7 2,070,740 (±0.4 / ±54,034)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

313 ±76 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 95,742 ±693
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.8 ±0.9 (868  ±174) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.4 226,906 (±0 / ±105)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

6.7% ±11.4% (15  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 5.3% † 2,660 (±0.6% / ±292)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

361 ±82 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 104,653 ±128
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$65,600 ±$4,315 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $161,700 ±$3,146
  • about one-third of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

14.4% ±6.9% (124  ±64.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 12.8% 29,482 (±0.8% / ±1,775.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

90.2% ±4.1% (523  ±,107.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 93.3% 148,246 (±1.6% / ±2,593.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
11.9% ±5.2% (69  ±33.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 29.6% 46,977 (±0.9% / ±1,492.3)
  • about one-third 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

0.2% ±0.3% (2  ±3) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 3.6% 8,333
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

6.8% ±3.5% (42  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 8.7% 15,435 (±0.4% / ±744)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
42 Total veterans ±23 31 Male ±17 11 Female ±10

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