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Hays, KS Urban Area

22,002 Population
9.8 square miles 2,244.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,463 ±$2,372 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,600 ±$4,246 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.1% ±3% (4,145  ±612) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.2 minutes ±1.2 (132,895  ±15,041) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,315 ±302 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (20,479  ±346) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±2.3% (336  ±136) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,068 ±216 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$217,500 ±$14,404 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

25.6% ±3.3% (5,569  ±714.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.5% ±5.5% (11,967  ±753.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
42% ±3.6% (5,314  ±476.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

3% ±0.8% (653  ±178) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.4% ±0.9% (609  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
609 Total veterans ±157 589 Male ±154 20 Female ±21

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