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Wichita, KS

400,993 Population
165.1 square miles 2,429.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 37.1 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 38 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$37,402 ±$1,832 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $38,799 ±$1,306
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $41,580 ±$690
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$65,855 ±$2,422 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $71,810 ±$1,733
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $75,514 ±$996
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.4% ±2% (56,806  ±7,787) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 11.8% † 76,282 (±1.2% / ±8,007)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 10.9% 313,235 (±0.5% / ±15,633)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

17.3 minutes ±0.7 (3,214,180  ±156,995) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 19.3 5,748,420 (±0.7 / ±225,354)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 20 26,791,260 (±0.3 / ±510,391)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

162,078 ±3,096 Number of households
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 260,869 ±3,060
  • Kansas: 1,204,374 ±6,458
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (392,451  ±221) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 2.5 646,547 (±0 / ±409)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,883,876
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.9% ±1.8% (6,724  ±1,788) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.2% † 11,185 (±1.3% / ±2,078)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.2% 42,547 (±0.5% / ±3,183)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

178,820 ±2,597 Number of housing units
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 285,437 ±216
  • Kansas: 1,310,001 ±918
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$212,900 ±$7,956 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $223,700 ±$6,059
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $238,700 ±$2,937
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.4% ±1.5% (52,995  ±5,819.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 13.1% 85,150 (±1.2% / ±7,944.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 13% 382,985 (±0.5% / ±14,353.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.6% ±2.9% (237,399  ±8,283) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 90.7% 399,613 (±2.3% / ±10,289.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,827,651 (±1% / ±20,234.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
31.8% ±1.7% (85,237  ±4,728.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 32.9% 144,907 (±1.3% / ±5,830.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 36.1% 716,115 (±0.6% / ±12,072.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

11.7% ±0.9% (46,980  ±3,396) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 8.5% 55,964
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.8% 232,485
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.6% ±0.8% (20,365  ±2,307) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.3% 36,131 (±0.6% / ±3,200)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 150,374 (±0.3% / ±6,182)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
20,365 Total veterans ±2,307 17,952 Male ±2,113 2,413 Female ±849

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