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Elk township, Osage County, KS

1,734 Population
54.1 square miles 32 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.5 ±8.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Osage County: 42.9 ±0.6
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,999 ±$5,087 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Osage County: $35,313 ±$1,339
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,845 ±$11,900 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Osage County: $74,467 ±$3,932
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.5% ±3.7% (92  ±63) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Osage County: 9.7% † 1,507 (±1.6% / ±246)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.5 minutes ±2.8 (23,060  ±4,705) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Osage County: 28.5 195,630 (±1.4 / ±12,494)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

699 ±94 Number of households
  • Osage County: 6,432 ±153
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (1,662  ±244) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Osage County: 2.4 15,560 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

14.8% ±9.2% (36  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Osage County: 5.1% † 162 (±2% / ±62)
  • 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

783 ±94 Number of housing units
  • Osage County: 7,337 ±39
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$147,700 ±$15,410 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Osage County: $156,800 ±$8,090
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.2% ±3.8% (123  ±66.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Osage County: 8.2% † 1,276 (±1.5% / ±231.9)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.4% ±3.3% (1,244  ±157.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Osage County: 93.7% 10,341 (±4.3% / ±470)
  • a little higher than 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)
26.8% ±4.8% (350  ±75.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Osage County: 21.6% 2,379 (±2% / ±215.2)
  • 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

0.6% ±0.6% (11  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Osage County: 0.9% 138
  • 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

7.8% ±4.1% (105  ±57) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Osage County: 8.3% † 1,005 (±1% / ±120)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
105 Total veterans ±57 105 Male ±57 N/A Female ±11

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