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WaKeeney township, Trego County, KS

2,206 Population
179.7 square miles 12.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.6 ±3.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Trego County: 48 ±4.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,490 ±$8,403 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Trego County: $45,287 † ±$6,994
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,417 ±$21,387 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Trego County: $81,528 † ±$19,948
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.2% ±3.7% (133  ±80) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Trego County: 5.5% † 150 (±3% / ±82)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14 minutes ±3.1 (13,830  ±3,598) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Trego County: 16.6 † 21,770 (±2.7 / ±4,123)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,104 ±95 Number of households
  • Trego County: 1,367 ±75
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.2 (2,157  ±161) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Trego County: 2 2,726 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.7% ±6.8% (21  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Trego County: 6% † 27 (±6.2% / ±28)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,270 ±97 Number of housing units
  • Trego County: 1,709 ±62
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$120,600 ±$11,586 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Trego County: $120,900 ±$9,894
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.6% ±3.8% (166  ±84.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Trego County: 6.6% † 181 (±3.1% / ±85)
  • 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

96.1% ±9.2% (1,605  ±195.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Trego County: 96.3% † 2,045 (±10.2% / ±221.8)
  • 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)
29.6% ±5.8% (494  ±104.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Trego County: 30.2% † 640 (±6% / ±127.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 80 percent 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

0.5% ±0.7% (11  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Trego County: 0.4% 11
  • less than 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

8.1% ±3% (141  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Trego County: 8.8% † 195 (±2.6% / ±58)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
141 Total veterans ±53 141 Male ±53 N/A Female ±11

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