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Wathena, KS

1,463 Population
2.3 square miles 624.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.7 ±5.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 39.8 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$41,281 ±$6,532 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: $32,948 ±$888
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$84,531 ±$13,251 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: $62,900 ±$2,089
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

7.4% ±4.2% (105  ±63) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 14.3% 16,321 (±1.1% / ±1,268)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

19.6 minutes ±2.8 (15,835  ±4,274) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 19.4 981,475 (±0.6 / ±34,201)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

577 ±98 Number of households
  • the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 46,818 ±487
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.5 ±0.2 (1,427  ±258) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.4 114,086 (±0 / ±81)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

2.5% ±4.3% (8  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 5.9% † 1,496 (±1% / ±249)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

659 ±102 Number of housing units
  • the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 53,618 ±95
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$154,800 ±$25,958 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: $162,100 ±$5,391
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

10.1% ±4.7% (147  ±73) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 12.7% † 15,110 (±1.3% / ±1,512.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

97.9% ±21% (1,115  ±169.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 90.6% 75,283 (±2% / ±1,668.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
19% ±5.4% (216  ±69.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 22.9% 19,073 (±1.1% / ±872.6)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

1.4% ±1.6% (21  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 3.1% 3,694
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

5.5% ±3.6% (65  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 7.7% 7,190 (±0.6% / ±549)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
65 Total veterans ±44 57 Male ±38 8 Female ±12

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