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Neosho County, KS

15,715 Population
571.5 square miles 27.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$30,510 ±$1,921 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$55,704 ±$4,053 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

15.4% ±2.5% (2,340  ±386) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

15.5 minutes ±1.3 (100,985  ±9,979) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

6,322 ±173 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.4 ±0.1 (15,230  ±12) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.5 † 2,850,913 (±,478.6 / ±-555,555,600)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 324,275,230 (±4.4 / ±-555,555,600)

4.7% ±2% (150  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

7,227 ±25 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$101,200 ±$9,189 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.4% ±1.9% (1,620  ±,288.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±,144,000.6)

Social

92.3% ±5.7% (9,641  ±,601.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±,279,113.6)
21.8% ±3.1% (2,277  ±,320.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±,180,792.5)

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

1.8% ±63,887.7% (284  ±102) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% † 211,197 (±1,359.7% / ±4,443)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,108,900 (±23.2% / ±137,918)

7.4% ±1.5% (886  ±182) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
886 Total veterans ±182 809 Male ±162 77 Female ±57

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