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Medicine Lodge, KS

1,546 Population
1.2 square miles 1,290 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.5 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Barber County: 43.1 ±4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,446 ±$5,562 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Barber County: $28,934 ±$2,839
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$48,052 ±$5,097 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Barber County: $49,668 ±$4,445
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

17.7% ±6.3% (270  ±102) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Barber County: 20.5% † 912 (±5.5% / ±248)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

17.9 minutes ±3 (13,720  ±3,003) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Barber County: 17.4 35,760 (±1.6 / ±4,373)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

733 ±90 Number of households
  • Barber County: 1,931 ±129
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.1 ±0.1 (1,516  ±207) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Barber County: 2.3 4,441 (±0.2 / ±178)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

992 ±91 Number of housing units
  • Barber County: 2,727 ±80
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$69,800 ±$13,068 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Barber County: $74,400 † ±$8,121
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

9.5% ±4% (147  ±64.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Barber County: 8.5% † 375 (±2.2% / ±97.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

92.9% ±5.6% (1,052  ±140.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Barber County: 92.2% 2,857 (±5.4% / ±204)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
19.3% ±5% (218  ±62.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Barber County: 20.6% † 638 (±3% / ±97.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

2.2% ±2% (34  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Barber County: 1.3% † 60 (±0.8% / ±35)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

9.6% ±3.3% (125  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Barber County: 7.8% † 264 (±1.5% / ±52)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
125 Total veterans ±45 121 Male ±44 4 Female ±7

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