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Elkhart, KS

1,689 Population
2.1 square miles 822.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±6.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Morton County: 43.1 ±2.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 36.5 ±0.1

Economics

$23,509 ±$2,453 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Morton County: $23,370 ±$1,751
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $30,757 ±$189
$42,806 ±$5,326 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Morton County: $43,925 † ±$5,114
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $57,422 ±$337

5.3% ±2.5% (85  ±42) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Morton County: 7.4% † 204 (±2.6% / ±73)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 12.4% 350,280 (±0.2% / ±6,769)

17.4 minutes ±5.3 (10,890  ±3,973) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Morton County: 16.9 † 19,100 (±3.1 / ±3,985)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.3 26,202,845 (±0.1 / ±167,035)

Families

702 ±103 Number of households
  • Morton County: 1,117 ±92
  • Kansas: 1,124,549 ±4,096
2.3 ±0.1 (1,606  ±247) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Morton County: 2.5 2,755 (±0.2 / ±82)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,828,708 (±0)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

912 ±93 Number of housing units
  • Morton County: 1,460 ±34
  • Kansas: 1,266,378 ±484

$92,400 ±$16,206 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Morton County: $94,700 † ±$12,023
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $145,400 ±$806

5% ±2.6% (84  ±44.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Morton County: 4.9% † 138 (±1.9% / ±54)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 16.5% 472,410 (±0.3% / ±7,675.4)

Social

86.3% ±9.1% (1,005  ±152.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Morton County: 85.9% 1,617 (±8% / ±168.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 90.7% 1,718,956 (±0.4% / ±7,851.4)
17.6% ±6% (205  ±73.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Morton County: 17.1% † 322 (±4.3% / ±82)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 32.9% 623,076 (±0.3% / ±4,836.5)

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

11.3% ±4.9% (190  ±86) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Morton County: 12% † 339 (±3% / ±85)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 206,683 (±0.1% / ±2,955)

7.4% ±2.3% (97  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Morton County: 6.2% † 131 (±1.5% / ±31)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 8.3% 181,453 (±0.1% / ±2,219)
97 Total veterans ±32 97 Male ±32 N/A Female ±10

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