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Wamego, KS Urban Area

4,477 Population
2.3 square miles 1,909.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,242 ±$4,193 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$78,965 ±$31,826 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.1% ±3.2% (226  ±147) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24 minutes ±6.1 (54,610  ±18,271) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,835 ±313 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.6 (4,392  ±742) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±2.3% (15  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,109 ±329 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$200,300 ±$19,638 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±6.3% (509  ±292.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.3% ±23.4% (2,839  ±465) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.7% ±7.9% (1,159  ±307.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.2% ±1.8% (97  ±84) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.1% ±3.5% (292  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
292 Total veterans ±122 266 Male ±123 26 Female ±42

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