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Emporia, KS Urban Area

24,087 Population
11.2 square miles 2,153.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$26,638 ±$1,107 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$52,710 ±$4,740 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

18.4% ±3.2% (4,254  ±748) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

12.4 minutes ±1 (143,820  ±13,836) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

10,199 ±286 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (23,013  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.7% ±2.1% (387  ±146) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

11,431 ±170 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$127,300 ±$9,928 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

27.1% ±3.9% (6,450  ±940.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

87.1% ±4.5% (12,109  ±682) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
25.8% ±2.6% (3,581  ±372.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

13.4% ±1.8% (3,237  ±438) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

5.2% ±1% (987  ±192) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
987 Total veterans ±192 952 Male ±187 35 Female ±26

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