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Sterling township, Rice County, KS

224 Population
43.5 square miles 5.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±8.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Rice County: 38.6 ±1.6
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,998 ±$11,601 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rice County: $33,232 ±$2,456
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$143,125 ±$97,160 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Rice County: $63,925 ±$4,435
  • nearly double the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17.4% ±18.1% (39  ±44) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Rice County: 7.7% † 677 (±2.6% / ±227)
  • 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)

29.8 minutes ±29.8 (2,410  ±2,856) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Rice County: 20.9 † 87,830 (±2.9 / ±12,965)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

73 ±29 Number of households
  • Rice County: 3,714 ±157
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.6 (224  ±98) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Rice County: 2.4 8,765 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • 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

29.6% ±22.6% (21  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Rice County: 11.2% † 215 (±4% / ±77)
  • 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

92 ±43 Number of housing units
  • Rice County: 4,384 ±41
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$241,100 ±$32,669 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Rice County: $104,600 ±$7,916
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

99.2% ±22.4% (128  ±54.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rice County: 90.9% 5,519 (±6.1% / ±376.4)
  • about 10 percent 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)
41.1% ±24.1% (53  ±36.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Rice County: 25.9% † 1,570 (±3.3% / ±203.2)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

12.5% ±14.7% (17  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Rice County: 7.4% † 527 (±2.1% / ±151)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
17 Total veterans ±21 1 Male ±3 16 Female ±21

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