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Wichita, KS Urban Area

519,036 Population
226.9 square miles 2,287.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,059 ±$1,667 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$70,501 ±$2,304 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.9% ±1.6% (65,947  ±7,921) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

18.4 minutes ±0.7 (4,281,035  ±203,477) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

204,676 ±3,255 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (509,166  ±5,619) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7% ±1.5% (8,770  ±1,930) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

225,564 ±2,008 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$222,800 ±$6,890 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.6% ±1.4% (69,716  ±7,237.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.5% ±2.6% (305,273  ±9,430.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
33.6% ±1.6% (114,683  ±5,422.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

10.1% ±0.7% (52,155  ±3,687) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.2% ±0.8% (27,843  ±2,913) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
27,843 Total veterans ±2,913 25,037 Male ±2,655 2,806 Female ±912

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