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Smith Center, KS

1,539 Population
1.2 square miles 1,252.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±7.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Smith County: 50 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$31,155 ±$3,336 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Smith County: $33,881 ±$2,569
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$49,444 ±$5,186 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Smith County: $50,943 ±$3,118
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

9.1% ±3.5% (135  ±53) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Smith County: 7.3% † 256 (±1.7% / ±58)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

8.9 minutes ±2 (6,340  ±1,650) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Smith County: 13.9 † 22,385 (±1.5 / ±2,844)
  • about half the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

664 ±72 Number of households
  • Smith County: 1,560 ±76
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.2 ±0.3 (1,479  ±122) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Smith County: 2.2 3,500 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

4% ±3.5% (10  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Smith County: 7.2% † 42 (±3.9% / ±23)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

796 ±63 Number of housing units
  • Smith County: 2,041 ±18
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$78,600 ±$7,818 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Smith County: $83,900 † ±$9,524
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

11.4% ±4.6% (174  ±71.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Smith County: 9.4% † 333 (±2.8% / ±97.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

94.9% ±6.6% (1,125  ±124) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Smith County: 95.4% 2,520 (±5.9% / ±,161.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
19.5% ±4.1% (231  ±52.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Smith County: 23.1% † 610 (±3.2% / ±85.1)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.7% ±0.7% (10  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Smith County: 0.3% 11
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

11.3% ±3.3% (144  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Smith County: 10.9% † 311 (±2.2% / ±64)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
144 Total veterans ±43 131 Male ±41 13 Female ±15

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