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Emporia, KS

24,631 Population
12.1 square miles 2,030.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.2 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 34.5 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,287 ±$1,957 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $26,662 ±$1,529
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$43,481 ±$3,474 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $50,070 ±$2,760
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

19.6% ±2.4% (4,562  ±570) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 15.5% † 5,310 (±1.7% / ±582)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

12.7 minutes ±1 (152,405  ±14,466) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 16.3 279,115 (±0.8 / ±17,352)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

10,044 ±320 Number of households
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 14,643 ±358
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.3 ±0.1 (23,358  ±265) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 2.4 34,444 (±0.1 / ±263)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

2.2% ±1.5% (157  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 2.7% † 249 (±1.3% / ±119)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

11,479 ±186 Number of housing units
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 16,870 ±115
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$98,200 ±$9,723 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $111,900 ±$6,684
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

28.8% ±3.4% (7,036  ±831.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 23.7% † 8,423 (±2.6% / ±928.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

85.4% ±5% (11,862  ±721.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 88.5% 19,244 (±3.6% / ±797.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
26.7% ±2.6% (3,709  ±372.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 26.9% 5,843 (±2% / ±429.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

12.7% ±1.4% (3,116  ±350) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 9.4% 3,375 (±0.9% / ±330)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

6.5% ±1.1% (1,246  ±204) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 6.8% † 1,898 (±0.8% / ±217)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
1,246 Total veterans ±204 1,208 Male ±196 38 Female ±42

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