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Johnson County, KS

622,237 Population
473.6 square miles 1,313.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$55,268 ±$1,411 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $38,361 ±$517
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$102,702 ±$2,685 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $70,333 ±$1,182
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

5.3% ±0.7% (32,606  ±4,274) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.2% 319,652 (±0.5% / ±14,831)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.8 minutes ±0.4 (5,812,200  ±179,000) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 20 26,407,250 (±0.3 / ±458,921)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

250,337 ±2,117 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,188,340 ±5,857
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0 (615,922  ±137) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 † 2,853,521 (±,467.5 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5.8% ±1% (8,384  ±1,435) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 5.5% 36,992 (±0.4% / ±2,824)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

261,517 ±114 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,299,931 ±716
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$387,700 ±$5,942 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $219,800 ±$3,121
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.8% ±1.2% (72,169  ±7,272.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 13.8% 401,337 (±0.6% / ±15,975.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

96.3% ±2.2% (412,456  ±9,200.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.7% 1,793,522 (±0.9% / ±18,779.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
57.4% ±1.6% (245,742  ±6,784.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 35.8% 700,713 (±0.6% / ±11,139)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

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

8.5% ±7,629.1% (53,169  ±4,120) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.1% † 207,421 (±1,332.7% / ±6,739)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

4.9% ±0.4% (23,160  ±1,913) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 6.4% 143,722 (±0.2% / ±5,268)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
23,160 Total veterans ±1,913 20,457 Male ±1,736 2,703 Female ±852

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