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Smith Center, KS

1,680 Population
1.2 square miles 1,367 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Smith County: 49.1 ±1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$33,381 ±$3,300 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Smith County: $36,266 ±$2,283
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$56,007 ±$3,122 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Smith County: $59,135 ±$5,249
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

8.4% ±2.8% (136  ±47) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Smith County: 7.3% † 254 (±1.7% / ±59)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

12.4 minutes ±3.3 (9,410  ±2,768) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Smith County: 14.3 † 23,770 (±2 / ±3,586)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

725 ±80 Number of households
  • Smith County: 1,578 ±85
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.2 ±0.3 (1,621  ±119) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Smith County: 2.2 3,491 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

14.6% ±8.4% (42  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Smith County: 10.8% † 61 (±5.1% / ±29)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

863 ±68 Number of housing units
  • Smith County: 2,024 ±21
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$90,400 ±$10,710 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Smith County: $94,100 † ±$9,616
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

9.7% ±3.1% (161  ±52.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Smith County: 8.4% † 294 (±1.9% / ±68.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

94% ±7.2% (1,162  ±120.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Smith County: 95.7% 2,506 (±6.2% / ±166.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
20.2% ±4% (250  ±52.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Smith County: 25.6% † 670 (±3.6% / ±93.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

1% ±1.4% (16  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Smith County: 0.8% 29
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

10.2% ±2.9% (138  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Smith County: 9.2% † 261 (±2% / ±56)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
138 Total veterans ±40 132 Male ±40 6 Female ±7

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