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Colby, KS

5,434 Population
3.6 square miles 1,517.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Thomas County: 35.8 ±1.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37 ±0.2

Economics

$30,916 ±$5,643 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Thomas County: $34,065 † ±$4,267
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $34,968 ±$345
$59,292 ±$10,265 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Thomas County: $69,844 † ±$9,250
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $64,521 ±$344

8% ±3.7% (402  ±187) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Thomas County: 7.7% † 573 (±2.6% / ±193)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 327,209 (±0.2% / ±6,452)

9.3 minutes ±1.2 (23,780  ±4,048) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Thomas County: 11.7 43,950 (±1.1 / ±5,033)
  • about half the figure in Kansas: 19.6 25,975,850 (±0.1 / ±205,663)

Families

2,146 ±204 Number of households
  • Thomas County: 3,166 ±182
  • Kansas: 1,139,738 ±3,775
2.4 ±0.3 (5,041  ±403) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Thomas County: 2.4 7,509 (±0.1 / ±90)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,856,396 (±0)

7.8% ±6.6% (94  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Thomas County: 7.1% † 128 (±4.7% / ±84)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,014 (±0.2% / ±1,387)

Housing

2,425 ±140 Number of housing units
  • Thomas County: 3,568 ±53
  • Kansas: 1,272,290 ±545

$133,300 ±$15,114 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Thomas County: $142,000 † ±$15,735
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $164,800 ±$818

18% ±5.4% (965  ±296.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Thomas County: 17.1% † 1,333 (±4.1% / ±319.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 15.7% 456,346 (±0.3% / ±8,054.4)

Social

89.4% ±7.2% (2,972  ±369.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Thomas County: 92.1% 4,625 (±8.1% / ±417.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.6% 1,760,658 (±0.5% / ±9,353.4)
22.9% ±5.3% (761  ±188.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Thomas County: 24.2% † 1,213 (±4.2% / ±214.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 34.4% 661,235 (±0.3% / ±5,637.8)

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

6.3% ±2.3% (344  ±126) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Thomas County: 4.9% † 389 (±1.5% / ±121)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 205,076 (±0.1% / ±3,686)

5.4% ±2.2% (223  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Thomas County: 5.9% † 353 (±1.6% / ±96)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 7.6% 167,573 (±0.1% / ±3,026)
223 Total veterans ±91 207 Male ±84 16 Female ±25

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