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Big Creek township, Ellis County, KS

2,593 Population
218.3 square miles 11.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Ellis County: 33.2 ±0.6
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,912 ±$4,742 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Ellis County: $37,483 † ±$5,295
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$90,333 ±$21,879 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Ellis County: $63,084 ±$5,107
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.1% ±7% (211  ±181) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Ellis County: 18.4% † 5,039 (±2.4% / ±657)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.5 minutes ±4.3 (25,575  ±7,401) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Ellis County: 12.9 196,130 (±1 / ±17,108)
  • 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

1,068 ±98 Number of households
  • Ellis County: 12,251 ±259
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (2,593  ±19) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ellis County: 2.2 27,286 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • 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

1.5% ±2.4% (10  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ellis County: 5.7% † 425 (±2% / ±146)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,135 ±120 Number of housing units
  • Ellis County: 13,287 ±31
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$221,300 ±$56,638 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Ellis County: $216,300 ±$12,126
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.1% ±3.9% (158  ±101.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Ellis County: 21.4% † 6,108 (±2.5% / ±724.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.8% ±14.9% (1,780  ±297.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ellis County: 94.9% 16,489 (±4.6% / ±814)
  • 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)
33.5% ±9.2% (610  ±172.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ellis County: 38.9% 6,761 (±2.9% / ±503.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • a little less 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

1.7% ±2.3% (45  ±59) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ellis County: 2.4% 700
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.3% ±2.4% (70  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ellis County: 3.8% † 879 (±0.8% / ±186)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
70 Total veterans ±51 70 Male ±51 N/A Female ±11

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