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Palco, KS

128 Population
0.3 square miles 477.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.3 ±10.1 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Rooks County: 44.4 ±1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,864 ±$13,066 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rooks County: $27,023 ±$1,828
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$33,438 ±$12,759 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Rooks County: $51,362 ±$2,960
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

18% ±12.3% (23  ±17) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Rooks County: 5.7% † 273 (±1.5% / ±71)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

25.8 minutes ±5.1 (930  ±635) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Rooks County: 17 † 36,060 (±2.1 / ±5,077)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

73 ±26 Number of households
  • Rooks County: 2,167 ±97
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
1.8 ±0.8 (128  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Rooks County: 2.2 4,797 (±0.1 / ±72)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

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

Housing

127 ±33 Number of housing units
  • Rooks County: 2,744 ±38
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$62,500 ±$10,949 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Rooks County: $77,300 ±$7,200
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

7.8% ±13.9% (10  ±17.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Rooks County: 11.6% † 573 (±3.2% / ±159.9)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

84.4% ±21.1% (81  ±30.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Rooks County: 88.6% 3,127 (±5.9% / ±207.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
24% ±23.4% (23  ±23.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rooks County: 24.3% † 857 (±3.4% / ±118.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

1.6% ±3.1% (2  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Rooks County: 0.7% † 37 (±0.5% / ±27)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

15.5% ±10.8% (16  ±12) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Rooks County: 8% † 308 (±1.6% / ±63)
  • about double the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
16 Total veterans ±12 15 Male ±12 1 Female ±2

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