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Lakin township, Kearny County, KS

2,398 Population
63.3 square miles 37.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kearny County: 37.1 ±1.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,620 ±$4,491 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Kearny County: $34,273 ±$3,167
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$89,653 ±$21,661 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Kearny County: $89,135 † ±$17,102
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.2% ±1.4% (52  ±34) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Kearny County: 4.5% † 171 (±2.4% / ±89)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.2 minutes ±7.7 (20,905  ±7,901) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kearny County: 21.5 † 34,170 (±3.7 / ±6,678)
  • about 20 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

848 ±92 Number of households
  • Kearny County: 1,427 ±75
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.7 ±0.1 (2,327  ±280) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Kearny County: 2.7 3,793 (±0.1 / ±19)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.3% ±3.9% (21  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Kearny County: 8.8% † 73 (±4.5% / ±38)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

961 ±87 Number of housing units
  • Kearny County: 1,578 ±32
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$183,600 ±$32,068 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kearny County: $200,900 † ±$32,570
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.7% ±4.8% (231  ±116.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kearny County: 14.3% † 550 (±4.9% / ±185.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.4% ±8.2% (1,265  ±191.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Kearny County: 81.9% † 2,057 (±8.8% / ±229.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.6% ±6% (263  ±94.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kearny County: 19.4% † 487 (±4.3% / ±108.8)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about half 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

12.8% ±5.7% (308  ±141) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kearny County: 17.6% 681
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±2.3% (79  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kearny County: 4.5% † 124 (±1.6% / ±44)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
79 Total veterans ±39 79 Male ±39 N/A Female ±11

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