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West Plains township, Meade County, KS

1,211 Population
134.2 square miles 9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.8 ±2 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Meade County: 38.8 ±3.4
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,334 ±$5,706 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Meade County: $44,251 † ±$10,796
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$72,273 ±$5,100 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Meade County: $71,852 ±$6,233
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.9% ±7.2% (217  ±96) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Meade County: 11% † 419 (±3.6% / ±136)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.1 minutes ±2.1 (8,185  ±2,071) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Meade County: 17.2 28,320 (±1.5 / ±3,333)
  • 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

400 ±75 Number of households
  • Meade County: 1,502 ±102
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3 ±0.8 (1,211  ±221) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Meade County: 2.5 3,822 (±0.2 / ±167)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

22.9% ±9.8% (71  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Meade County: 13.7% † 103 (±5.2% / ±40)
  • more than 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

499 ±73 Number of housing units
  • Meade County: 1,898 ±69
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$152,400 ±$11,644 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Meade County: $148,900 † ±$17,630
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.1% ±6.3% (129  ±77.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Meade County: 13.9% † 529 (±3.8% / ±145.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.5% ±21.4% (529  ±95.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Meade County: 88.7% 2,255 (±7% / ±205.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.8% ±6.3% (150  ±50.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Meade County: 26.5% † 674 (±4.1% / ±107.8)
  • 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

21.3% ±7.8% (258  ±106) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Meade County: 11.4% † 444 (±2.4% / ±95)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.1% ±1.4% (17  ±12) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Meade County: 3.8% † 111 (±1.6% / ±46)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
17 Total veterans ±12 16 Male ±11 1 Female ±2

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