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Jefferson township, Geary County, KS

2,453 Population
47.2 square miles 52 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.4 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Geary County: 27.1 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,427 ±$4,790 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Geary County: $28,780 ±$1,165
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$41,667 ±$3,343 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Geary County: $59,317 ±$2,523
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

19.7% ±7.8% (482  ±203) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Geary County: 18% † 6,260 (±2.2% / ±746)
  • 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)

17.7 minutes ±1.8 (22,585  ±4,806) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Geary County: 17.5 276,745 (±0.9 / ±17,916)
  • about 90 percent of 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

1,300 ±208 Number of households
  • Geary County: 14,158 ±327
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.4 (2,453  ±354) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Geary County: 2.5 34,854 (±0.1 / ±44)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.4% ±5.4% (45  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Geary County: 10.5% † 931 (±2.3% / ±204)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,526 ±214 Number of housing units
  • Geary County: 15,939 ±47
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$92,900 ±$28,656 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Geary County: $172,700 ±$13,229
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

29.4% ±9.2% (711  ±245.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Geary County: 28.9% † 10,137 (±3.3% / ±1,153.9)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.8% ±26% (1,274  ±237.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Geary County: 93% 18,361 (±4.8% / ±957.4)
  • a little higher than 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)
20% ±7.4% (269  ±112.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Geary County: 26.2% 5,178 (±2.5% / ±497.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about three-fifths 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

18% ±6.7% (441  ±177) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Geary County: 7.7% 2,748
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

19.4% ±6.3% (281  ±103) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Geary County: 20.5% 3,972 (±1.9% / ±372)
  • 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)
281 Total veterans ±103 252 Male ±103 29 Female ±27

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