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Elkhart, KS

1,604 Population
2.1 square miles 781.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±12 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Morton County: 39.8 † ±4.9
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,034 ±$4,065 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Morton County: $23,754 † ±$3,204
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$40,765 ±$7,305 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Morton County: $41,866 † ±$7,672
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

18% ±10.2% (276  ±163) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Morton County: 15.4% † 396 (±6.9% / ±178)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

13.9 minutes ±4.6 (8,150  ±3,394) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Morton County: 15.6 † 16,050 (±2.3 / ±3,312)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

687 ±103 Number of households
  • Morton County: 1,036 ±101
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.2 ±0.2 (1,531  ±260) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Morton County: 2.5 † 2,583 (±0.3 / ±78)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

3.5% ±4.7% (13  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Morton County: 2.7% † 17 (±2.8% / ±18)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

924 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Morton County: 1,451 ±35
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$101,000 ±$20,451 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Morton County: $90,300 † ±$18,903
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

4% ±3.6% (64  ±59) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Morton County: 3.8% † 100 (±2.4% / ±62.4)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

90.9% ±6.4% (1,044  ±166.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Morton County: 84.4% † 1,542 (±9.2% / ±184.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
17.9% ±6.7% (205  ±82.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Morton County: 16.3% † 298 (±4.6% / ±84.9)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

5.4% ±4.5% (86  ±74) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Morton County: 10% † 265 (±3.4% / ±90)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

7.9% ±5.8% (97  ±72) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Morton County: 6.2% † 125 (±3.9% / ±78)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
97 Total veterans ±72 40 Male ±24 57 Female ±73

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