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Independence, KS Urban Area

8,466 Population
4.6 square miles 1,839.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±3.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,667 ±$2,432 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,839 ±$4,832 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.3% ±4% (1,515  ±329) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.9 minutes ±2.6 (60,180  ±10,690) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,679 ±208 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (8,264  ±76) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±3.3% (53  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,503 ±217 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$89,200 ±$16,259 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.8% ±5.6% (1,747  ±470.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.6% ±6.4% (5,197  ±436.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.8% ±4% (1,614  ±239.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent 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

2.2% ±1% (182  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±2.7% (512  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
512 Total veterans ±171 507 Male ±171 5 Female ±9

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