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Emporia township, Lyon County, KS

961 Population
52.2 square miles 18.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

64.3 ±10.3 Median age
  • nearly double the figure in Lyon County: 33.1 ±0.6
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,411 ±$10,585 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Lyon County: $30,158 ±$1,212
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$93,984 ±$20,727 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Lyon County: $59,912 ±$4,163
  • 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

9.4% ±12.3% (90  ±121) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lyon County: 14.6% † 4,564 (±2% / ±612)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.2 minutes ±5.1 (6,245  ±2,957) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Lyon County: 14.8 232,740 (±0.7 / ±14,575)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

386 ±102 Number of households
  • Lyon County: 13,481 ±302
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (961  ±259) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lyon County: 2.3 31,135 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

386 ±102 Number of housing units
  • Lyon County: 15,027 ±76
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$346,300 ±$83,647 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Lyon County: $150,600 ±$7,373
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.2% ±2.5% (21  ±24.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Lyon County: 22.5% † 7,135 (±2.9% / ±927)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.1% ±30% (710  ±151.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 89.4% 17,526 (±4% / ±797.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
43% ±7.8% (335  ±103.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lyon County: 26.3% 5,153 (±2.2% / ±436.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

7.1% ±8.5% (68  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lyon County: 11% 3,529
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

16.5% ±9.4% (134  ±84) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Lyon County: 6% † 1,504 (±0.8% / ±207)
  • 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)
134 Total veterans ±84 128 Male ±83 6 Female ±9

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