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Sharon Springs, KS

817 Population
0.9 square miles 905.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±13.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Wallace County: 47.2 † ±10
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,878 ±$8,868 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Wallace County: $39,058 † ±$5,909
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,429 ±$8,872 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Wallace County: $63,207 † ±$8,829
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14% ±7.8% (111  ±64) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wallace County: 12.3% † 171 (±5.6% / ±79)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.4 minutes ±3.1 (4,055  ±1,338) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Wallace County: 16 † 9,610 (±3.8 / ±2,596)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

328 ±57 Number of households
  • Wallace County: 599 ±55
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.5 (798  ±112) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Wallace County: 2.3 † 1,398 (±0.3 / ±122)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.2% ±6.2% (13  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Wallace County: 11.3% † 24 (±6.3% / ±14)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

380 ±56 Number of housing units
  • Wallace County: 717 ±50
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$105,100 ±$17,313 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Wallace County: $105,000 † ±$20,562
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.6% ±4.3% (62  ±36) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wallace County: 5.9% † 82 (±2.9% / ±41.7)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.9% ±5.1% (511  ±79.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wallace County: 93.1% 918 (±8% / ±104.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.6% ±8% (135  ±48.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Wallace County: 24.5% † 242 (±5% / ±52.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

4% ±2.5% (33  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wallace County: 3.6% † 51 (±1.9% / ±27)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12% ±5.7% (75  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Wallace County: 8.8% † 96 (±3.6% / ±40)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
75 Total veterans ±37 73 Male ±37 2 Female ±5

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