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Wichita Unified School District 259, KS

322,829 Population
148.7 square miles 2,170.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Sedgwick County: 36.4 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.9 ±0.2

Economics

$32,558 ±$1,581 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sedgwick County: $35,981 ±$1,217
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $38,361 ±$517
$53,132 ±$2,706 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sedgwick County: $66,646 ±$3,480
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $70,333 ±$1,182

18.4% ±2.2% (57,836  ±7,002) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Sedgwick County: 13.7% † 70,904 (±1.5% / ±7,884)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.2% 319,652 (±0.5% / ±14,831)

19.2 minutes ±1 (2,796,830  ±179,457) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Sedgwick County: 19.9 4,832,205 (±0.8 / ±220,334)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 20 26,407,250 (±0.3 / ±458,921)

Families

139,403 ±3,256 Number of households
  • Sedgwick County: 211,238 ±2,581
  • Kansas: 1,188,340 ±5,857
2.3 ±0 (314,837  ±7,424) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sedgwick County: 2.5 518,517 (±0 / ±171)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,853,521

5.3% ±1.5% (4,058  ±1,157) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Sedgwick County: 5.5% † 6,821 (±1.1% / ±1,407)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 5.5% 36,992 (±0.4% / ±2,824)

Housing

154,788 ±2,620 Number of housing units
  • Sedgwick County: 229,571 ±88
  • Kansas: 1,299,931 ±716

$167,200 ±$4,216 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sedgwick County: $209,700 ±$5,377
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $219,800 ±$3,121

15.3% ±1.7% (48,750  ±5,633) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Sedgwick County: 14.8% † 77,167 (±1.5% / ±7,815.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 13.8% 401,337 (±0.6% / ±15,975.3)

Social

86.9% ±2.6% (189,536  ±6,903.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sedgwick County: 90% 313,086 (±2.5% / ±8,834)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.7% 1,793,522 (±0.9% / ±18,779.8)
27.3% ±1.6% (59,570  ±3,716.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sedgwick County: 31.7% 110,270 (±1.4% / ±5,004.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 35.8% 700,713 (±0.6% / ±11,139)

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

11.1% ±0.9% (35,688  ±2,854) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sedgwick County: 8% 42,470
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,421

6.5% ±0.8% (16,076  ±2,082) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Sedgwick County: 6.8% 26,924 (±0.6% / ±2,253)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6.4% 143,722 (±0.2% / ±5,268)
16,076 Total veterans ±2,082 14,814 Male ±1,972 1,262 Female ±523

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