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Baker township, Gove County, KS

1,404 Population
125.1 square miles 11.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±4.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gove County: 40.8 ±2.9
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,882 ±$3,669 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Gove County: $36,884 ±$3,571
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,500 ±$13,509 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gove County: $66,029 † ±$7,922
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.9% ±2.5% (81  ±36) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Gove County: 5.1% † 140 (±1.5% / ±42)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15 minutes ±2.8 (9,165  ±2,124) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Gove County: 16.5 20,930 (±1.6 / ±2,685)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

552 ±83 Number of households
  • Gove County: 1,168 ±94
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.5 (1,370  ±163) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Gove County: 2.4 2,762 (±0.2 / ±150)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.9% ±4% (17  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Gove County: 10.1% † 57 (±5.4% / ±31)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

611 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Gove County: 1,331 ±78
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$130,100 ±$29,297 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Gove County: $118,400 ±$7,971
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.3% ±3.7% (130  ±53.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Gove County: 6.3% † 176 (±2.2% / ±61.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±5% (857  ±106.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gove County: 94.6% 1,785 (±5.3% / ±139.8)
  • about the same as 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)
23.9% ±4.9% (218  ±50.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Gove County: 24.2% † 456 (±3.5% / ±69.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.4% ±0.6% (6  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Gove County: 1.5% † 41 (±1.1% / ±30)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±3.6% (66  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Gove County: 7.5% † 156 (±2.4% / ±50)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
66 Total veterans ±37 37 Male ±25 29 Female ±25

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