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Manhattan city, Riley County, KS

53,951 Population
18.7 square miles 2,878.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.2 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Riley County: 25.2 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$34,520 ±$1,883 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Riley County: $34,583 ±$1,456
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$58,441 ±$2,592 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Riley County: $59,560 ±$2,284
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

26.1% ±2.4% (12,434  ±1,143) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Riley County: 22% 13,499 (±1.9% / ±1,177)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

16.9 minutes ±1.6 (449,705  ±45,684) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Riley County: 15.9 581,475 (±1.2 / ±45,885)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

21,677 ±586 Number of households
  • Riley County: 27,137 ±562
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.2 ±0.1 (47,363  ±130) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Riley County: 2.3 61,026 (±0.1 / ±384)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

2.9% ±1.2% (509  ±202) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Riley County: 4.9% † 1,033 (±1% / ±220)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

24,334 ±375 Number of housing units
  • Riley County: 30,674 ±181
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$243,700 ±$15,078 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Riley County: $231,200 ±$10,796
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

28.4% ±2.7% (15,178  ±1,437.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Riley County: 24.2% 17,183 (±2.1% / ±1,510.2)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

95.4% ±4.3% (26,045  ±1,249.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Riley County: 96.1% 34,745 (±3.7% / ±1,394.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
52.1% ±2.9% (14,230  ±825.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Riley County: 48% 17,343 (±2.4% / ±886.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.6% ±1.2% (4,082  ±651) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Riley County: 6.8% 4,848
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

7.2% ±1% (3,226  ±457) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Riley County: 7.9% † 4,224 (±0.9% / ±474)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
3,226 Total veterans ±457 2,555 Male ±431 671 Female ±173

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