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Independent township, Barton County, KS

455 Population
35.8 square miles 12.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±18.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Barton County: 38.8 ±0.5
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,898 ±$8,775 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Barton County: $34,350 ±$2,589
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,438 ±$32,077 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Barton County: $58,851 ±$3,181
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.4% ±19.3% (93  ±93) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Barton County: 15.4% † 3,787 (±2.3% / ±564)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.9 minutes ±4.3 (3,305  ±1,609) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Barton County: 15.2 164,225 (±1.3 / ±16,009)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

189 ±54 Number of households
  • Barton County: 10,380 ±330
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.4 (455  ±147) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Barton County: 2.4 24,642 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

230 ±60 Number of housing units
  • Barton County: 12,383 ±62
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$107,300 ±$21,454 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Barton County: $126,400 ±$11,964
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.3% ±3.6% (15  ±16.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Barton County: 12.6% † 3,111 (±2% / ±499.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.4% ±38.9% (316  ±77.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barton County: 90.5% 15,403 (±4% / ±703.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.2% ±7.9% (58  ±30.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Barton County: 21.7% 3,690 (±2.1% / ±350.4)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about half 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

3.7% ±3.5% (17  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Barton County: 5% 1,243
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

11.1% ±9.4% (37  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Barton County: 7.9% † 1,498 (±1.2% / ±228)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
37 Total veterans ±33 37 Male ±33 N/A Female ±11

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