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Wellsville, KS

2,022 Population
1.7 square miles 1,176.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±3.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 40.2 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$32,919 ±$4,492 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $32,997 ±$1,564
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$68,750 ±$19,521 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $68,217 ±$5,387
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

9.8% ±3.7% (189  ±75) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 8.3% † 2,100 (±1.4% / ±355)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

28.7 minutes ±5.5 (23,020  ±7,021) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 24.1 280,405 (±1.3 / ±19,270)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

811 ±160 Number of households
  • the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 10,185 ±242
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.4 ±0.6 (1,959  ±240) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 2.5 25,307 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

12.6% ±9.2% (52  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 6% † 340 (±2.3% / ±133)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

864 ±162 Number of housing units
  • the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 11,180 ±32
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$158,300 ±$18,589 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: $175,500 ±$9,224
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

15.7% ±6.9% (317  ±144) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 13.4% † 3,446 (±2.6% / ±,665.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

96.1% ±4.2% (1,338  ±,202.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 92% 16,204 (±4.6% / ±,815.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
18% ±6.4% (251  ±96.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 23.9% † 4,215 (±2.6% / ±,466.2)
  • 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

0.7% ±0.5% (15  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 2.4% 626
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

11.4% ±4.5% (172  ±71) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Ottawa, KS Micro Area: 10.7% † 2,119 (±1.5% / ±303)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
172 Total veterans ±71 164 Male ±69 8 Female ±9

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