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Wathena, KS

1,499 Population
2.3 square miles 640 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±6.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$36,704 ±$5,402 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: $31,512 ±$1,142
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$75,819 ±$13,112 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: $61,030 ±$1,850
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

6.8% ±4.3% (100  ±64) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 14.4% 16,471 (±1.3% / ±1,444)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

16.9 minutes ±1.7 (13,070  ±2,970) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 18.9 972,745 (±0.6 / ±35,947)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

613 ±87 Number of households
  • the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 46,678 ±514
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.4 ±0 (1,461  ±208) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 114,867 (±0 / ±216)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

5.4% ±5.8% (17  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.1% † 1,533 (±1.1% / ±280)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

707 ±98 Number of housing units
  • the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 53,541 ±113
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$139,400 ±$19,284 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: $152,500 ±$3,880
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

11.5% ±5.1% (169  ±79.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 13.8% 16,578 (±1.3% / ±1,522.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

96.5% ±5.9% (1,053  ±,158.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 90.4% 75,592 (±1.9% / ±1,629.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
18.9% ±5.5% (206  ±66) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 22.6% 18,892 (±1% / ±,852.1)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

1.4% ±1.8% (21  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 3% 3,704
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

7.1% ±3.4% (86  ±43) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 8% 7,613 (±0.6% / ±573)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
86 Total veterans ±43 80 Male ±40 6 Female ±10

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