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WaKeeney, KS

1,838 Population
1.8 square miles 1,030.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Trego County: 47.7 ±2.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$45,641 ±$10,000 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Trego County: $43,336 † ±$7,105
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$74,000 ±$23,485 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Trego County: $73,375 † ±$16,736
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

6.7% ±3.6% (118  ±64) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Trego County: 5.5% † 149 (±2.5% / ±67)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

12.8 minutes ±2.6 (11,720  ±2,886) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Trego County: 15.7 † 21,020 (±2.5 / ±3,643)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

832 ±77 Number of households
  • Trego County: 1,346 ±82
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.1 ±0 (1,779  ±165) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Trego County: 2 2,716 (±0.1 / ±5)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

5.7% ±5.9% (20  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Trego County: 4.3% † 20 (±4.5% / ±21)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

945 ±98 Number of housing units
  • Trego County: 1,673 ±64
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$118,000 ±$25,875 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Trego County: $115,400 ±$8,157
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

6.3% ±2.8% (115  ±51) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Trego County: 4.7% † 129 (±1.9% / ±52.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

97% ±10.1% (1,339  ±,180.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Trego County: 96.4% † 2,053 (±9.7% / ±,213.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
29.8% ±6.2% (411  ±92.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Trego County: 28.8% † 612 (±5.5% / ±,118.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

0.7% ±1% (13  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Trego County: 0.5% 13
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

6.8% ±2.7% (98  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Trego County: 7.3% † 164 (±2.2% / ±49)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
98 Total veterans ±40 98 Male ±40 N/A Female ±11

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