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Herington, KS

2,129 Population
4.8 square miles 441.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Morris County: 46.7 ±1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,135 ±$15,766 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Morris County: $29,407 ±$2,288
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$46,786 ±$8,335 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Morris County: $52,792 ±$4,567
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

20.3% ±9.3% (424  ±200) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Morris County: 8.9% † 487 (±2.4% / ±130)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

26.2 minutes ±5.7 (25,085  ±6,640) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Morris County: 22.8 58,515 (±1.5 / ±5,697)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

1,028 ±139 Number of households
  • Morris County: 2,344 ±117
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2 ±0.4 (2,086  ±252) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Morris County: 2.3 5,475 (±0.1 / ±103)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

2.3% ±2.5% (10  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Morris County: 5.7% † 54 (±3.4% / ±32)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

1,449 ±140 Number of housing units
  • Morris County: 3,212 ±51
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$66,700 ±$8,840 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Morris County: $94,400 ±$9,277
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

12.1% ±4.5% (256  ±101.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Morris County: 9.7% † 536 (±2.9% / ±161.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

88.8% ±15.6% (1,447  ±178.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Morris County: 92.5% 3,773 (±5.9% / ±242.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
17.6% ±4.4% (286  ±80.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Morris County: 26.5% † 1,079 (±3.2% / ±129)
  • 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

6.9% ±4.8% (147  ±103) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Morris County: 2.6% † 142 (±0.8% / ±46)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

17% ±4.4% (296  ±86) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Morris County: 10.6% † 464 (±1.8% / ±80)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
296 Total veterans ±86 276 Male ±83 20 Female ±26

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