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Dodge City, KS

27,613 Population
14.7 square miles 1,873.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.2 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 32.3 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$28,944 ±$1,492 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: $29,834 ±$1,176
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$68,721 ±$7,051 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: $70,781 ±$6,473
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

14.6% ±2.7% (3,922  ±727) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 14% † 4,622 (±2.3% / ±755)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

11.6 minutes ±0.8 (150,630  ±11,694) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 12.7 203,210 (±0.7 / ±13,294)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

9,104 ±261 Number of households
  • the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 11,796 ±245
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
3 ±0.1 (26,966  ±38) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 2.8 33,350 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

5.9% ±3% (373  ±188) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 6.3% † 472 (±2.7% / ±199)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

9,782 ±216 Number of housing units
  • the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 12,743 ±29
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$151,700 ±$16,583 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: $151,100 ±$13,824
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

18.5% ±3.6% (5,059  ±978.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 16.1% † 5,402 (±2.9% / ±978.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

74.6% ±5% (11,821  ±816) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 76.5% 15,497 (±4.3% / ±879)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
20% ±2.6% (3,173  ±421.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 20.7% † 4,188 (±2.2% / ±444.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

28.5% ±2.9% (7,879  ±804) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 25.1% 8,537
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

2.5% ±0.8% (465  ±160) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Dodge City, KS Micro Area: 3.9% † 924 (±0.9% / ±208)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
465 Total veterans ±160 447 Male ±157 18 Female ±25

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