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Independence, KS Urban Area

8,469 Population
4.6 square miles 1,840.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±2.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$29,603 ±$2,786 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$49,164 ±$3,646 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

16.3% ±3.9% (1,341  ±319) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

15.4 minutes ±2.4 (56,545  ±10,047) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

3,765 ±229 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.2 ±0.1 (8,274  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.4% ±3% (55  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

4,626 ±220 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$78,500 ±$8,734 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

24.8% ±5.8% (2,079  ±486.3) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

91.8% ±7.2% (5,213  ±465.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
26.4% ±4.4% (1,501  ±255.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

1.9% ±0.9% (158  ±75) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8.2% ±2.3% (532  ±151) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
532 Total veterans ±151 532 Male ±151 N/A Female ±16

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