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West Hale township, Thomas County, KS

536 Population
53.9 square miles 9.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.7 ±8.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Thomas County: 35.3 ±2.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,651 ±$4,129 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Thomas County: $39,446 † ±$4,575
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,000 ±$10,040 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Thomas County: $71,325 † ±$9,792
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.3% ±6.1% (55  ±39) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Thomas County: 6.5% † 485 (±2.9% / ±219)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.1 minutes ±5.2 (3,575  ±1,937) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Thomas County: 11.7 † 46,080 (±1.3 / ±6,027)
  • 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

188 ±56 Number of households
  • Thomas County: 3,139 ±161
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.7 (536  ±206) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Thomas County: 2.4 7,469 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

26.5% ±26.9% (27  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Thomas County: 5.6% † 104 (±3% / ±57)
  • 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

203 ±59 Number of housing units
  • Thomas County: 3,575 ±33
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$127,800 ±$60,846 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Thomas County: $172,700 ±$16,455
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

23.4% ±18.6% (121  ±106.9) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Thomas County: 12.7% † 986 (±3.3% / ±258.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.9% ±39.3% (308  ±76.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Thomas County: 95.3% 4,685 (±8.5% / ±435.9)
  • a little 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)
23.3% ±7.5% (74  ±33.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Thomas County: 34.6% † 1,702 (±5.1% / ±255.4)
  • 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

2.6% ±3% (14  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Thomas County: 4.2% 327
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±6.7% (30  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Thomas County: 2.8% † 169 (±1.4% / ±81)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
30 Total veterans ±26 16 Male ±14 14 Female ±20

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