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Census Tract 4938, Cowley, KS

4,545 Population
8.9 square miles 510.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas City: 37.1 ±1.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cowley County: 39.2 ±0.7

Economics

$28,160 ±$3,022 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Arkansas City: $27,382 ±$2,413
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cowley County: $32,882 † ±$3,741
$59,231 ±$11,657 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Arkansas City: $49,629 † ±$6,212
  • about the same as the amount in Cowley County: $57,878 ±$3,114

17.6% ±9.1% (796  ±421) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Arkansas City: 17.2% † 1,933 (±3.6% / ±408)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cowley County: 14.3% † 4,579 (±2.1% / ±676)

16.3 minutes ±2.3 (33,485  ±6,774) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Arkansas City: 18.6 92,225 (±1.5 / ±9,461)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Cowley County: 21.1 299,765 (±1.6 / ±24,546)

Families

1,762 ±185 Number of households
  • Arkansas City: 4,799 ±255
  • Cowley County: 13,387 ±380
2.6 ±0.1 (4,517  ±492) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Arkansas City: 2.3 11,241 (±0.1 / ±30)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cowley County: 2.4 32,194 (±0.1 / ±34)

13.6% ±8.6% (161  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Arkansas City: 10.8% † 324 (±4% / ±123)
  • more than double the rate in Cowley County: 6.2% † 458 (±1.9% / ±140)

Housing

2,046 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Arkansas City: 5,510 ±233
  • Cowley County: 15,682 ±42

$87,200 ±$8,671 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Arkansas City: $86,800 ±$7,434
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Cowley County: $120,900 ±$7,871

11.9% ±4.8% (528  ±219.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas City: 15% † 1,747 (±3.2% / ±377.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Cowley County: 11.6% † 3,939 (±1.7% / ±589.3)

Social

85.3% ±8% (2,423  ±340.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Arkansas City: 89% 6,814 (±6.2% / ±530.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Cowley County: 90.6% 20,569 (±3.5% / ±807.3)
17.1% ±5.7% (487  ±168.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Arkansas City: 20.6% † 1,577 (±3.5% / ±271)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cowley County: 24.5% 5,569 (±2% / ±442.8)

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

10.9% ±4.6% (494  ±214) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Arkansas City: 7.6% † 907 (±2.2% / ±260)
  • more than double the rate in Cowley County: 4.6% 1,570

5.7% ±2.3% (180  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Arkansas City: 8.2% † 743 (±2% / ±186)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Cowley County: 8% † 2,109 (±0.9% / ±242)
180 Total veterans ±76 169 Male ±72 11 Female ±18

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