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Smith Center, KS

1,585 Population
1.2 square miles 1,289.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±7.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Smith County: 50 ±0.6
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$32,635 ±$3,394 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Smith County: $35,983 ±$2,564
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$53,963 ±$4,717 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Smith County: $57,024 ±$4,857
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

11.2% ±4.3% (171  ±68) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Smith County: 7.8% † 275 (±2.1% / ±72)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

10.1 minutes ±2.5 (7,380  ±2,123) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Smith County: 15.5 † 25,300 (±2.1 / ±3,833)
  • about half the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

682 ±74 Number of households
  • Smith County: 1,578 ±80
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.2 ±0.3 (1,526  ±126) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Smith County: 2.2 3,519 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

4.6% ±4.5% (12  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Smith County: 10.7% † 61 (±4.6% / ±26)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

805 ±71 Number of housing units
  • Smith County: 2,023 ±21
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$84,600 ±$11,146 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Smith County: $91,000 † ±$10,831
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

9.4% ±3.2% (147  ±51.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Smith County: 8.3% † 294 (±2.4% / ±86)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

93.9% ±6.2% (1,130  ±,113.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Smith County: 94.9% 2,527 (±5.6% / ±,151.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
21.8% ±4.6% (262  ±59.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Smith County: 24.6% † 654 (±3.3% / ±89.3)
  • 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

1.1% ±1.1% (18  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Smith County: 0.7% 26
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

10.6% ±3.5% (137  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Smith County: 9.9% † 282 (±2.7% / ±76)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
137 Total veterans ±47 133 Male ±46 4 Female ±6

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