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Ness City, KS

1,489 Population
1.5 square miles 1,023.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±10.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ness County: 49.7 ±3.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,636 ±$5,635 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Ness County: $31,999 † ±$3,360
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$60,852 ±$7,029 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Ness County: $57,222 † ±$5,835
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

6% ±2.7% (86  ±40) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Ness County: 11.3% † 314 (±4.1% / ±115)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

14.3 minutes ±3.7 (9,360  ±2,843) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ness County: 16.4 † 20,840 (±2.8 / ±3,900)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

619 ±70 Number of households
  • Ness County: 1,260 ±76
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.3 ±0.4 (1,447  ±147) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Ness County: 2.2 2,796 (±0.1 / ±53)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

19.8% ±12.6% (46  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Ness County: 9.5% † 46 (±6.3% / ±31)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

767 ±83 Number of housing units
  • Ness County: 1,687 ±88
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$89,300 ±$12,463 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ness County: $74,100 † ±$10,570
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

11.1% ±4.7% (160  ±69.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ness County: 8.3% † 233 (±2.8% / ±77.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

92.1% ±4.8% (929  ±106.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ness County: 92.2% 1,843 (±5.8% / ±134.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
28.4% ±5.3% (287  ±60.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Ness County: 21.9% † 437 (±3.5% / ±70.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

6.5% ±2.4% (96  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Ness County: 5.5% † 157 (±1.6% / ±44)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

6.4% ±2.2% (71  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ness County: 7.3% † 162 (±1.4% / ±32)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
71 Total veterans ±25 71 Male ±25 N/A Female ±11

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