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Hays, KS

20,956 Population
8.4 square miles 2,499 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.7 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 32.6 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 36.5 ±0.1

Economics

$29,458 ±$3,203 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Hays, KS Micro Area: $29,810 ±$2,454
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $30,757 ±$189
$48,299 ±$8,613 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hays, KS Micro Area: $52,700 ±$4,242
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $57,422 ±$337

18.4% ±2.9% (3,640  ±579) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 16% † 4,434 (±2.3% / ±645)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 12.4% 350,280 (±0.2% / ±6,769)

10.6 minutes ±1 (122,790  ±11,932) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 12.4 190,785 (±0.8 / ±13,955)
  • about half the figure in Kansas: 19.3 26,202,845 (±0.1 / ±167,035)

Families

8,415 ±311 Number of households
  • the Hays, KS Micro Area: 11,581 ±338
  • Kansas: 1,124,549 ±4,096
2.4 ±0.1 (19,799  ±280) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 2.4 27,646 (±0.1 / ±277)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,828,708 (±0)

2.1% ±1.2% (120  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 2.8% † 199 (±1.2% / ±87)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 5.8% 38,640 (±0.2% / ±1,203)

Housing

9,644 ±206 Number of housing units
  • the Hays, KS Micro Area: 13,220 ±119
  • Kansas: 1,266,378 ±484

$171,400 ±$7,050 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Hays, KS Micro Area: $164,500 ±$4,976
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $145,400 ±$806

28.3% ±4% (5,878  ±825.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 24.7% † 7,061 (±3.2% / ±903.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 16.5% 472,410 (±0.3% / ±7,675.4)

Social

93.8% ±5.8% (11,364  ±732.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 92.7% 16,176 (±4.5% / ±796.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 90.7% 1,718,956 (±0.4% / ±7,851.4)
38.3% ±3.5% (4,637  ±435) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 34.8% 6,079 (±2.8% / ±485.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 32.9% 623,076 (±0.3% / ±4,836.5)

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

3% ±1% (627  ±214) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 3.1% † 896 (±0.7% / ±210)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 206,683 (±0.1% / ±2,955)

6.8% ±1.4% (1,144  ±227) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 7.1% † 1,608 (±1% / ±231)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 8.3% 181,453 (±0.1% / ±2,219)
1,144 Total veterans ±227 989 Male ±188 155 Female ±115

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