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Baxter Springs Unified School District 508, KS

4,501 Population
27.5 square miles 163.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 42 ±0.7
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$24,968 ±$3,492 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $30,180 ±$1,483
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$60,907 ±$9,140 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $58,274 ±$5,229
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

18.4% ±6.5% (820  ±293) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cherokee County: 13.1% † 2,476 (±2.4% / ±462)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

19.5 minutes ±2 (41,990  ±7,427) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Cherokee County: 20.5 176,330 (±1.2 / ±12,568)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

1,608 ±195 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 7,727 ±202
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.8 ±0.4 (4,455  ±275) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 2.5 19,012 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

9% ±5.7% (90  ±60) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Cherokee County: 6.8% † 268 (±2.6% / ±104)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

1,929 ±228 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 9,140 ±32
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$87,300 ±$16,020 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $99,400 ±$8,869
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

14.4% ±10.7% (639  ±475.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cherokee County: 10.6% † 2,011 (±2.9% / ±559.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

85.7% ±8.7% (2,431  ±347) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Cherokee County: 90.9% 12,144 (±5% / ±674.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
17.8% ±6.1% (504  ±179.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 20.1% † 2,688 (±2.4% / ±324.5)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

2.3% ±1.4% (105  ±63) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cherokee County: 1.5% 283
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

5.3% ±2.6% (177  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 6.3% † 932 (±1.3% / ±191)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
177 Total veterans ±88 164 Male ±79 13 Female ±18

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