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Wamego, KS

4,190 Population
2.6 square miles 1,589.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±5.8 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 26.6 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$39,160 ±$4,972 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $31,979 ±$837
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$88,942 ±$12,054 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $61,270 ±$2,780
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

9.2% ±6.4% (380  ±271) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 18.3% 22,285 (±1.3% / ±1,517)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

22.8 minutes ±4.4 (50,910  ±14,538) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 17.6 1,148,955 (±0.7 / ±50,090)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

1,525 ±251 Number of households
  • the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 49,331 ±695
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.7 ±0.6 (4,113  ±663) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 2.5 121,426 (±0 / ±207)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

3.6% ±4.5% (36  ±46) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 6.9% † 2,479 (±0.8% / ±293)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

1,715 ±285 Number of housing units
  • the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 56,426 ±101
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$196,900 ±$19,372 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $210,300 ±$6,362
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

16.2% ±7.5% (674  ±,328.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 23.5% 31,005 (±1.6% / ±2,110.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

96.8% ±22.3% (2,536  ±411) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 95.3% 68,365 (±2.7% / ±1,919.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
45.4% ±8.8% (1,190  ±,303.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 39% 27,996 (±1.6% / ±1,165.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

1.5% ±1.5% (63  ±62) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 6.1% 8,154
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

11.5% ±5.5% (344  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 11.8% 10,852 (±0.8% / ±706)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
344 Total veterans ±174 291 Male ±148 53 Female ±53

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