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WaKeeney, KS

1,852 Population
1.8 square miles 1,038.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Trego County: 48 ±4.7
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$44,747 ±$9,954 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Trego County: $45,287 † ±$6,994
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$68,438 ±$20,452 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Trego County: $81,528 † ±$19,948
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

7.4% ±4.4% (133  ±80) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Trego County: 5.5% † 150 (±3% / ±82)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

12.7 minutes ±3.3 (10,960  ±3,290) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Trego County: 16.6 † 21,770 (±2.7 / ±4,123)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

854 ±85 Number of households
  • Trego County: 1,367 ±75
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.1 ±0.3 (1,803  ±165) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Trego County: 2 2,726 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

6.2% ±7.3% (21  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Trego County: 6% † 27 (±6.2% / ±28)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

961 ±87 Number of housing units
  • Trego County: 1,709 ±62
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$125,200 ±$25,656 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Trego County: $120,900 ±$9,894
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

9% ±4.5% (166  ±84.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Trego County: 6.6% † 181 (±3.1% / ±85)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

95.9% ±8.3% (1,291  ±167) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Trego County: 96.3% † 2,045 (±10.2% / ±221.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
31.4% ±6.3% (422  ±93.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Trego County: 30.2% † 640 (±6% / ±127.7)
  • about 90 percent 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

0.6% ±0.8% (11  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Trego County: 0.4% 11
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

7.5% ±3.1% (105  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Trego County: 8.8% † 195 (±2.6% / ±58)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
105 Total veterans ±44 105 Male ±44 N/A Female ±11

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