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Rock Creek township, Jefferson County, KS

2,778 Population
53.7 square miles 51.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±4.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 44.2 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,755 ±$8,616 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $41,568 ±$2,186
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$92,650 ±$15,270 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $81,278 ±$4,961
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

3.3% ±2.4% (92  ±67) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jefferson County: 5.6% † 1,023 (±1.4% / ±246)
  • about one-quarter 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)

24.7 minutes ±3.3 (30,915  ±6,308) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jefferson County: 30.1 245,695 (±1.7 / ±17,730)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,033 ±128 Number of households
  • Jefferson County: 7,412 ±177
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.3 (2,778  ±24) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jefferson County: 2.5 18,155 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±4.9% (27  ±29) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 5.6% † 201 (±2.5% / ±91)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,079 ±120 Number of housing units
  • Jefferson County: 8,038 ±31
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$233,900 ±$32,501 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jefferson County: $216,900 ±$9,772
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.6% ±2.2% (99  ±61.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Jefferson County: 8.1% † 1,469 (±1.6% / ±285.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.3% ±10.6% (1,703  ±234.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jefferson County: 94.4% 12,359 (±4.3% / ±562)
  • 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)
26.2% ±6.7% (478  ±127.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jefferson County: 24.6% 3,223 (±2.2% / ±291.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

2% ±1.6% (55  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Jefferson County: 1% 179
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±3.3% (147  ±68) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jefferson County: 7.8% † 1,120 (±1% / ±148)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
147 Total veterans ±68 145 Male ±68 2 Female ±4

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