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Elkhart, KS

1,533 Population
2.1 square miles 746.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±10.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Morton County: 40.5 † ±4.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 36.7 ±0.2

Economics

$25,002 ±$3,072 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Morton County: $23,447 ±$2,185
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $31,814 ±$218
$41,691 ±$6,769 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Morton County: $47,750 † ±$7,802
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $59,597 ±$337

10.3% ±6.7% (150  ±100) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Morton County: 10.2% † 273 (±4.9% / ±130)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 12% 337,739 (±0.2% / ±5,822)

21.9 minutes ±7.5 (11,785  ±4,708) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Morton County: 19.3 † 19,320 (±4.1 / ±4,948)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.4 26,562,375 (±0.1 / ±168,786)

Families

627 ±96 Number of households
  • Morton County: 1,038 ±93
  • Kansas: 1,129,227 ±4,275
2.3 ±0.1 (1,456  ±225) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Morton County: 2.6 2,677 (±0.3 / ±95)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,830,428 (±0)

3.5% ±4.9% (12  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Morton County: 2.4% † 15 (±2.7% / ±17)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 5.8% 38,563 (±0.2% / ±1,213)

Housing

898 ±87 Number of housing units
  • Morton County: 1,461 ±40
  • Kansas: 1,273,297 ±545

$93,500 ±$8,565 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Morton County: $88,500 † ±$9,113
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $151,900 ±$682

4.7% ±3.5% (72  ±54.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Morton County: 4.2% † 115 (±2.2% / ±59.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 16.2% 466,908 (±0.3% / ±7,541.9)

Social

90.2% ±9.6% (1,006  ±161.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Morton County: 84% † 1,564 (±8.9% / ±178.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91% 1,730,153 (±0.4% / ±7,694)
18.9% ±6.9% (211  ±80.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Morton County: 17.3% † 322 (±4.7% / ±88.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 33.4% 635,070 (±0.3% / ±4,816.1)

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

7.1% ±2.9% (108  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Morton County: 11% † 304 (±2.5% / ±68)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,845 (±0.1% / ±3,367)

11.6% ±5% (139  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Morton County: 8% † 165 (±3% / ±61)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 8.1% 176,444 (±0.1% / ±2,086)
139 Total veterans ±62 90 Male ±32 49 Female ±61

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