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Manhattan, KS

54,239 Population
20.4 square miles 2,660.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

25.7 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 27.3 ±0.2
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,557 ±$2,198 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $34,818 ±$926
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,172 ±$3,376 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $65,469 ±$2,991
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.3% ±2.1% (11,176  ±1,017) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 16.6% 20,220 (±1% / ±1,259)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.3 minutes ±2 (473,680  ±57,267) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 17.8 1,151,120 (±1 / ±67,080)
  • 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

22,266 ±456 Number of households
  • the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 51,234 ±686
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0 (47,673  ±102) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 2.4 122,014 (±0 / ±174)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.3% ±1.1% (394  ±189) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 6.7% † 2,417 (±1.1% / ±389)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

24,403 ±341 Number of housing units
  • the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 56,908 ±110
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$246,700 ±$15,668 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: $223,700 ±$7,411
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

27.1% ±2.2% (14,594  ±1,207.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 21.7% 28,654 (±1.4% / ±1,844.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.6% ±4.2% (27,134  ±1,271.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 95.8% 70,269 (±2.7% / ±1,955.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
53.3% ±3% (14,981  ±882.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 40.4% 29,612 (±1.7% / ±1,242.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 1.5 times 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

7.6% ±1.3% (4,121  ±693) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 6.1% 8,165
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.8% ±0.9% (3,062  ±423) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Manhattan, KS Metro Area: 10.9% 9,972 (±0.8% / ±711)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,062 Total veterans ±423 2,358 Male ±378 704 Female ±168

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