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Independence, KS

8,422 Population
7.5 square miles 1,124.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montgomery County: 41.2 ±0.9
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,742 ±$2,452 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Montgomery County: $30,146 ±$1,214
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$51,069 ±$4,874 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montgomery County: $55,697 ±$4,353
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.4% ±4% (1,515  ±329) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 15.9% † 4,779 (±1.8% / ±538)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.9 minutes ±2.6 (60,180  ±10,690) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Montgomery County: 19 240,390 (±1.1 / ±16,716)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

3,665 ±208 Number of households
  • Montgomery County: 12,880 ±346
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (8,220  ±30) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Montgomery County: 2.3 30,031 (±0.1 / ±25)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.2% ±3.3% (53  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Montgomery County: 3.3% † 206 (±1.2% / ±75)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,511 ±217 Number of housing units
  • Montgomery County: 15,538 ±31
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$88,800 ±$15,646 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Montgomery County: $101,700 ±$8,675
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.9% ±5.6% (1,747  ±470.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Montgomery County: 14.2% † 4,367 (±2.2% / ±672.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.6% ±6.5% (5,170  ±435.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Montgomery County: 90.9% 18,937 (±3.7% / ±787.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.7% ±4.1% (1,601  ±238.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 22.6% 4,705 (±2% / ±413.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2% ±1% (169  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Montgomery County: 2.9% 887
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±2.7% (512  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Montgomery County: 7.4% † 1,744 (±1.1% / ±248)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
512 Total veterans ±171 507 Male ±171 5 Female ±9

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