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Hays, KS

20,855 Population
8.6 square miles 2,412.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 33.2 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,044 ±$3,136 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Hays, KS Micro Area: $30,625 ±$2,610
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$52,135 ±$5,558 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Hays, KS Micro Area: $57,053 ±$5,321
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

15.3% ±2.5% (3,014  ±488) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 14.2% † 3,915 (±2.1% / ±574)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

10.1 minutes ±1 (111,365  ±12,721) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 12.1 183,440 (±0.9 / ±15,344)
  • about half the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

8,484 ±359 Number of households
  • the Hays, KS Micro Area: 11,686 ±383
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.3 ±0.1 (19,728  ±432) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 2.4 27,530 (±0.1 / ±422)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

3.4% ±2.2% (184  ±117) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 3.9% † 280 (±1.7% / ±125)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

9,753 ±277 Number of housing units
  • the Hays, KS Micro Area: 13,277 ±184
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$182,100 ±$7,970 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Hays, KS Micro Area: $172,700 ±$5,839
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

22.1% ±2.9% (4,561  ±599.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 19.2% † 5,466 (±2.3% / ±658.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

95% ±5.9% (11,949  ±791.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 94.4% 16,771 (±4.7% / ±859.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
41% ±4% (5,151  ±511.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 38% 6,749 (±3.2% / ±571.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

3.7% ±1.2% (773  ±252) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 3.3% † 942 (±1% / ±279)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

6.2% ±1.3% (1,038  ±221) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hays, KS Micro Area: 5.8% † 1,316 (±1% / ±219)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
1,038 Total veterans ±221 846 Male ±183 192 Female ±127

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