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Wakarusa township, Douglas County, KS

2,313 Population
41.3 square miles 56 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59 ±5 Median age
  • nearly double the figure in Douglas County: 31.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$56,896 ±$9,048 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Douglas County: $40,695 ±$1,375
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$99,375 ±$22,780 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Douglas County: $69,746 ±$2,954
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.7% ±2.7% (84  ±63) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Douglas County: 14.7% 16,487 (±1.3% / ±1,494)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.5 minutes ±6.9 (21,660  ±4,502) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Douglas County: 20.8 1,153,120 (±0.9 / ±60,450)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,065 ±183 Number of households
  • Douglas County: 50,406 ±600
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.5 (2,289  ±335) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Douglas County: 2.2 111,636 (±0 / ±106)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.1% ±3.1% (11  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Douglas County: 3.2% † 1,105 (±1% / ±342)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,079 ±182 Number of housing units
  • Douglas County: 53,675 ±67
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$384,200 ±$36,903 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Douglas County: $309,400 ±$10,713
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.8% ±3.6% (179  ±86.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Douglas County: 24.7% 29,451 (±1.5% / ±1,743.9)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.1% ±6.6% (1,815  ±283.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Douglas County: 95.6% 68,565 (±2.8% / ±2,023.5)
  • a little 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)
41% ±5.5% (775  ±149.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Douglas County: 53.2% 38,154 (±2.1% / ±1,531.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

2.2% ±2.1% (51  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Douglas County: 6% 7,248
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.8% ±5.4% (173  ±109) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Douglas County: 5.2% † 5,168 (±0.6% / ±612)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
173 Total veterans ±109 162 Male ±110 11 Female ±17

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