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Wellington, KS

7,643 Population
7.6 square miles 1,003.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$26,606 ±$2,859 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $36,529 ±$685
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$49,526 ±$3,796 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $68,930 ±$1,090
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

14.3% ±4.1% (1,065  ±307) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 13.1% 83,265 (±0.6% / ±3,516)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

17.7 minutes ±3.3 (53,855  ±11,122) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 20.4 5,832,255 (±0.3 / ±92,228)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

3,043 ±229 Number of households
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 252,501 ±1,469
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.4 ±0.2 (7,430  ±34) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 2.5 635,795 (±0 / ±160)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

9.1% ±4.1% (141  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 6% 8,907 (±0.5% / ±722)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

3,630 ±239 Number of housing units
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 277,986 ±148
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$90,000 ±$11,774 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $188,200 ±$2,384
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

15.3% ±4.8% (1,162  ±368) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 15.1% 97,054 (±0.6% / ±4,051)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

91.1% ±7.4% (4,591  ±419.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 90.3% 384,731 (±1.1% / ±4,586.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
22.6% ±4.3% (1,137  ±220.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 31.5% 134,300 (±0.6% / ±2,630)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

0.6% ±0.6% (48  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.5% 48,338
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

8.9% ±2.2% (512  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.2% 34,853 (±0.3% / ±1,347)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
512 Total veterans ±129 467 Male ±121 45 Female ±29

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