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Jefferson township, Chautauqua County, KS

657 Population
55.3 square miles 11.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±8.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Chautauqua County: 45.2 ±1.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,810 ±$6,551 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Chautauqua County: $33,548 † ±$3,542
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,125 ±$17,043 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Chautauqua County: $56,438 ±$4,556
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.3% ±9.6% (127  ±69) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Chautauqua County: 14.9% † 494 (±3.6% / ±118)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.7 minutes ±3 (5,490  ±1,683) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Chautauqua County: 22.2 † 29,900 (±3.1 / ±4,506)
  • a little less than 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

255 ±64 Number of households
  • Chautauqua County: 1,356 ±96
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.8 (624  ±145) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Chautauqua County: 2.4 3,285 (±0.2 / ±4)
  • 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

2.4% ±3.5% (4  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Chautauqua County: 7.6% † 44 (±4.5% / ±26)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

426 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Chautauqua County: 1,975 ±16
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$45,000 ±$32,331 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Chautauqua County: $65,500 † ±$7,791
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.5% ±8% (75  ±54.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Chautauqua County: 11.6% † 387 (±4% / ±132.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.9% ±7.6% (432  ±100.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Chautauqua County: 90.2% 2,177 (±6.6% / ±166)
  • 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)
27.1% ±13.7% (126  ±69.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Chautauqua County: 18.6% † 448 (±3.5% / ±83.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

2.4% ±2.1% (16  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Chautauqua County: 0.8% 27
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.6% ±2.2% (19  ±12) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chautauqua County: 5.1% † 133 (±1.4% / ±36)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
19 Total veterans ±12 17 Male ±11 2 Female ±3

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