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Wamego, KS

4,205 Population
2.6 square miles 1,594.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 27.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$39,230 ±$5,407 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $33,219 ±$938
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$82,756 ±$19,062 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $64,096 ±$3,394
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

5.5% ±3.3% (228  ±142) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 18.1% 22,018 (±1.4% / ±1,656)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

22.9 minutes ±4.9 (50,685  ±15,700) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 18 1,163,330 (±0.6 / ±46,645)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

1,587 ±274 Number of households
  • the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 50,008 ±841
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.6 ±0.6 (4,122  ±664) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 2.4 121,358 (±0 / ±292)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

3.2% ±3.5% (31  ±34) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 7% † 2,500 (±0.9% / ±333)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

1,896 ±285 Number of housing units
  • the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 56,668 ±151
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$187,700 ±$9,711 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $212,600 ±$6,917
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

10.6% ±4.7% (441  ±207.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 22.6% 29,689 (±1.6% / ±2,039.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

96.7% ±3.9% (2,580  ±409.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 95.4% 68,901 (±2.5% / ±1,843.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
37.4% ±6.8% (998  ±237.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 39% 28,135 (±1.5% / ±1,101.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

2.2% ±2% (91  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 6.1% 8,115
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

11.7% ±4.6% (356  ±148) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 11.1% 10,104 (±0.8% / ±758)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
356 Total veterans ±148 304 Male ±131 52 Female ±59

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