Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Smoky Hill township, Geary County, KS

8,996 Population
54 square miles 166.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

23.3 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Geary County: 27.1 ±0.3
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$22,093 ±$1,911 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Geary County: $28,780 ±$1,165
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,922 ±$4,872 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Geary County: $59,317 ±$2,523
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.3% ±5.5% (1,844  ±457) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Geary County: 18% † 6,260 (±2.2% / ±746)
  • about double the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

11.7 minutes ±1.2 (43,675  ±5,469) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Geary County: 17.5 276,745 (±0.9 / ±17,916)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,590 ±197 Number of households
  • Geary County: 14,158 ±327
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.2 ±0.2 (8,253  ±51) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Geary County: 2.5 34,854 (±0.1 / ±44)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

15.4% ±6.3% (341  ±143) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Geary County: 10.5% † 931 (±2.3% / ±204)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,729 ±235 Number of housing units
  • Geary County: 15,939 ±47
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$241,700 ±$75,616 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Geary County: $172,700 ±$13,229
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

40.7% ±8.6% (3,522  ±743.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times 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

98% ±9.3% (3,847  ±450.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Geary County: 93% 18,361 (±4.8% / ±957.4)
  • about 10 percent 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)
30.4% ±5.6% (1,194  ±235.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Geary County: 26.2% 5,178 (±2.5% / ±497.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 80 percent 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

4.3% ±1.9% (388  ±171) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Geary County: 7.7% 2,748
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

16.4% ±5% (442  ±140) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of 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)
442 Total veterans ±140 256 Male ±92 186 Female ±109

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.