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Geary County Schools Unified School District 475, KS

42,835 Population
289.9 square miles 147.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Geary County: 27.1 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,567 ±$1,067 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Geary County: $28,780 ±$1,165
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,817 ±$2,271 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Geary County: $59,317 ±$2,523
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.4% ±2.1% (6,578  ±804) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Geary County: 18% † 6,260 (±2.2% / ±746)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.6 minutes ±0.7 (309,370  ±18,280) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Geary County: 17.5 276,745 (±0.9 / ±17,916)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

15,411 ±392 Number of households
  • Geary County: 14,158 ±327
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (37,936  ±465) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Geary County: 2.5 34,854 (±0.1 / ±44)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.2% ±2.3% (1,211  ±251) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Geary County: 10.5% † 931 (±2.3% / ±204)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

17,266 ±236 Number of housing units
  • Geary County: 15,939 ±47
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$172,000 ±$13,279 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Geary County: $172,700 ±$13,229
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

25.9% ±2.9% (10,873  ±1,224.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Geary County: 28.9% † 10,137 (±3.3% / ±1,153.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.8% ±4.7% (19,913  ±1,074.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Geary County: 93% 18,361 (±4.8% / ±957.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25% ±2.3% (5,304  ±499.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Geary County: 26.2% 5,178 (±2.5% / ±497.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

7.5% ±1.1% (3,212  ±472) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Geary County: 7.7% 2,748
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

20.3% ±2% (4,117  ±417) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Geary County: 20.5% 3,972 (±1.9% / ±372)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
4,117 Total veterans ±417 3,084 Male ±361 1,033 Female ±246

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