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WaKeeney, KS

1,801 Population
1.8 square miles 1,009.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±3.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Trego County: 47.8 ±3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$44,931 ±$9,539 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Trego County: $42,029 † ±$6,722
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$64,890 ±$15,074 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Trego County: $77,500 † ±$18,550
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

9.8% ±5.4% (169  ±95) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Trego County: 7.3% † 198 (±3.6% / ±98)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

13.4 minutes ±3.4 (12,635  ±3,704) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Trego County: 16.1 † 20,905 (±2.7 / ±3,993)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

825 ±94 Number of households
  • Trego County: 1,308 ±79
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.1 ±0.1 (1,734  ±228) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Trego County: 2.1 2,727 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

967 ±93 Number of housing units
  • Trego County: 1,657 ±61
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$107,800 ±$11,971 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Trego County: $114,900 ±$6,392
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

9.9% ±5.4% (179  ±99.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Trego County: 11.7% † 326 (±5% / ±,140.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

95.6% ±7.9% (1,286  ±,166.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Trego County: 94.5% 2,026 (±9% / ±,203.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
25% ±5.7% (336  ±84.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Trego County: 25% † 535 (±5.1% / ±,110.8)
  • about three-quarters 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% ±0.8% (12  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Trego County: 0.4% 12
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

7.2% ±2.2% (105  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Trego County: 8.6% † 194 (±1.9% / ±44)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
105 Total veterans ±34 100 Male ±34 5 Female ±8

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