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Wakarusa township, Douglas County, KS

2,354 Population
41.6 square miles 56.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.1 ±5.8 Median age
  • nearly double the figure in Douglas County: 31.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$56,457 ±$8,127 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Douglas County: $39,321 ±$1,122
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$97,121 ±$33,721 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Douglas County: $68,756 ±$2,645
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

2.4% ±1.6% (56  ±37) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Douglas County: 15.2% 16,894 (±1.1% / ±1,198)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

22.6 minutes ±8.1 (21,595  ±5,356) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Douglas County: 20.6 1,158,975 (±0.7 / ±49,566)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

1,037 ±193 Number of households
  • Douglas County: 49,939 ±527
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.2 ±0.5 (2,328  ±345) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Douglas County: 2.2 110,802 (±0 / ±118)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

4% ±3.5% (17  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Douglas County: 3.3% † 1,110 (±0.9% / ±306)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

1,054 ±193 Number of housing units
  • Douglas County: 53,308 ±64
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$388,400 ±$42,695 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Douglas County: $281,600 ±$10,320
  • nearly double the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

8.8% ±4.3% (206  ±104.5) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Douglas County: 25.1% 29,749 (±1.6% / ±1,843.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

96.9% ±21.6% (1,821  ±265.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Douglas County: 95.9% 67,877 (±2.8% / ±2,009.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
44.6% ±3.9% (838  ±159.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Douglas County: 52% 36,832 (±2% / ±1,431.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

2.2% ±1.8% (51  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Douglas County: 6.1% 7,332
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

9.1% ±5.5% (178  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Douglas County: 5.2% † 5,051 (±0.6% / ±614)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
178 Total veterans ±112 169 Male ±110 9 Female ±15

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