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Abilene, KS

6,258 Population
4.8 square miles 1,314.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Dickinson County: 41.5 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,069 ±$4,785 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Dickinson County: $31,153 ±$2,659
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$47,829 ±$10,161 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dickinson County: $53,864 ±$3,260
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

8.3% ±3.8% (508  ±230) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dickinson County: 10% † 1,815 (±1.9% / ±350)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

14.9 minutes ±1.8 (44,515  ±6,705) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Dickinson County: 19.3 163,990 (±0.9 / ±10,678)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

2,861 ±170 Number of households
  • Dickinson County: 7,933 ±246
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.2 ±0.1 (6,144  ±49) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dickinson County: 2.3 18,272 (±0.1 / ±98)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

7.2% ±6.1% (93  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dickinson County: 9% † 335 (±3.2% / ±121)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

3,318 ±192 Number of housing units
  • Dickinson County: 9,180 ±51
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$113,200 ±$16,197 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Dickinson County: $116,400 ±$9,134
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

12.2% ±4.1% (755  ±254.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dickinson County: 10.5% † 1,926 (±1.9% / ±347.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

90.6% ±8.3% (4,172  ±408.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dickinson County: 92.3% 12,039 (±4.2% / ±553.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
28.7% ±4.7% (1,321  ±220.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dickinson County: 24.3% 3,168 (±2.3% / ±297.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

1.1% ±0.9% (71  ±58) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dickinson County: 1.8% † 342 (±0.6% / ±111)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

14.3% ±3.9% (717  ±195) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Dickinson County: 12.9% † 1,827 (±1.8% / ±262)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
717 Total veterans ±195 544 Male ±147 173 Female ±125

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