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Sharon Springs, KS

837 Population
0.9 square miles 927.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±13.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wallace County: 47.2 † ±9.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$35,231 ±$9,353 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Wallace County: $35,831 † ±$5,946
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$57,083 ±$6,345 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Wallace County: $60,263 † ±$8,492
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

16.1% ±6.4% (131  ±55) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wallace County: 12.8% † 184 (±4.9% / ±72)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

12.4 minutes ±3 (4,480  ±1,378) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wallace County: 15.4 † 9,840 (±3.4 / ±2,516)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

371 ±44 Number of households
  • Wallace County: 660 ±57
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.2 ±0.2 (813  ±118) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Wallace County: 2.2 † 1,435 (±0.3 / ±123)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

18% ±16.6% (25  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wallace County: 16% † 35 (±11.5% / ±26)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

412 ±48 Number of housing units
  • Wallace County: 757 ±52
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$91,200 ±$12,745 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Wallace County: $94,200 ±$6,712
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

17.7% ±10.5% (144  ±88) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wallace County: 12.2% † 174 (±6.5% / ±93.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

90.9% ±8.2% (510  ±77) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wallace County: 92.2% 931 (±7.5% / ±,101.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
20.9% ±7.8% (117  ±46) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wallace County: 22.7% † 229 (±4.1% / ±44.6)
  • about three-fifths 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

4.2% ±2.6% (35  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Wallace County: 3.4% † 50 (±1.8% / ±26)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

13% ±4.9% (84  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wallace County: 9.9% † 111 (±3.2% / ±37)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
84 Total veterans ±33 75 Male ±31 9 Female ±7

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