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Wellsville, KS

2,216 Population
1.7 square miles 1,289.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 39.7 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,553 ±$4,021 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $34,973 ±$1,560
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$83,750 ±$18,663 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $77,207 ±$6,413
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8% ±2.9% (170  ±65) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 8.7% † 2,209 (±1.7% / ±429)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.4 minutes ±6.7 (24,635  ±7,074) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 23.4 274,360 (±1.4 / ±20,620)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

840 ±136 Number of households
  • the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 10,409 ±275
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.5 (2,153  ±218) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 2.5 25,468 (±0.1 / ±11)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

12.3% ±6.7% (63  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 6.5% † 367 (±2.5% / ±142)
  • about double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

908 ±135 Number of housing units
  • the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 11,310 ±31
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$180,000 ±$20,239 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $198,700 ±$14,900
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.4% ±7.6% (359  ±169.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 11.9% † 3,080 (±2.2% / ±572.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.5% ±4.4% (1,398  ±192.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 92.7% 16,477 (±4.5% / ±814.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.5% ±5.7% (308  ±91.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 24.6% † 4,366 (±2.5% / ±447.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.7% ±1.3% (38  ±29) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 2% 530
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5% ±2.6% (78  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 8.9% † 1,778 (±1.5% / ±307)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
78 Total veterans ±41 75 Male ±40 3 Female ±5

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