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Buffalo township, Jewell County, KS

487 Population
40.4 square miles 12 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±7.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Jewell County: 51.2 ±0.7
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$27,546 ±$5,735 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jewell County: $33,461 † ±$3,416
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,729 ±$9,293 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jewell County: $52,634 † ±$8,655
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.6% ±9.6% (76  ±50) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jewell County: 10.6% † 306 (±3.3% / ±96)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.5 minutes ±2.7 (3,955  ±1,264) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Jewell County: 16.6 † 20,765 (±2.1 / ±3,043)
  • about 80 percent 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

243 ±54 Number of households
  • Jewell County: 1,317 ±77
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (487  ±116) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jewell County: 2.2 2,889 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.8% ±13.9% (8  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Jewell County: 9.4% † 41 (±5.5% / ±24)
  • about 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

287 ±57 Number of housing units
  • Jewell County: 1,761 ±14
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$55,800 ±$29,685 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jewell County: $64,600 † ±$20,930
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.2% ±5.2% (25  ±25.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jewell County: 8.5% † 246 (±2.9% / ±84.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.7% ±30% (336  ±72.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Jewell County: 94% 2,033 (±7.1% / ±156.6)
  • 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)
15.7% ±8.1% (54  ±30.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jewell County: 18.2% † 394 (±3.7% / ±80.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about two-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

0.8% ±1.2% (4  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Jewell County: 1.7% 48
  • about 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

9.9% ±3.7% (37  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jewell County: 9.1% † 209 (±2.4% / ±55)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
37 Total veterans ±16 37 Male ±16 N/A Female ±11

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