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Herington city, Dickinson County, KS

2,164 Population
2.1 square miles 1,013.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±4.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Dickinson County: 42.8 ±1.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,044 ±$9,319 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Dickinson County: $37,295 ±$2,403
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,574 ±$6,683 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Dickinson County: $68,417 ±$4,436
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.6% ±3.4% (161  ±74) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dickinson County: 8.1% † 1,474 (±2.1% / ±377)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

28.1 minutes ±4 (24,215  ±5,157) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Dickinson County: 22.1 181,330 (±1.6 / ±15,757)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

979 ±151 Number of households
  • Dickinson County: 8,016 ±196
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.4 (2,123  ±253) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Dickinson County: 2.3 18,149 (±0.1 / ±28)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±3.3% (20  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dickinson County: 7.1% † 261 (±2.9% / ±106)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,210 ±152 Number of housing units
  • Dickinson County: 8,789 ±30
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$85,200 ±$19,224 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Dickinson County: $146,800 ±$10,781
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14.7% ±7.1% (316  ±156) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Dickinson County: 8.8% † 1,603 (±1.9% / ±347.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.2% ±3.6% (1,405  ±205.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Dickinson County: 93.8% 12,204 (±5.5% / ±721.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.4% ±5.8% (360  ±102.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dickinson County: 23.7% † 3,085 (±2.9% / ±374.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.4% ±0.4% (9  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Dickinson County: 0.9% 173
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14.1% ±3.5% (236  ±67) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dickinson County: 11.5% † 1,617 (±1.8% / ±255)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
236 Total veterans ±67 216 Male ±63 20 Female ±16

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