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Flint Hills Region--Emporia City PUMA, KS

134,700 Population
9,064.3 square miles 14.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 38 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,092 ±$1,473 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $41,580 ±$690
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,641 ±$2,048 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $75,514 ±$996
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

11.5% ±1.7% (14,990  ±2,218) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 10.9% 313,235 (±0.5% / ±15,633)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.6 minutes ±0.5 (1,137,175  ±35,618) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

57,801 ±1,898 Number of households
  • Kansas: 1,204,374 ±6,458
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (129,738  ±3,040) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,883,876
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.2% ±2.1% (1,770  ±610) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6.2% 42,547 (±0.5% / ±3,183)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

67,377 ±1,371 Number of housing units
  • Kansas: 1,310,001 ±918
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$138,000 ±$12,121 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $238,700 ±$2,937
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.6% ±1.8% (15,399  ±2,399.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 13% 382,985 (±0.5% / ±14,353.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.6% ±2.8% (83,977  ±3,409.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,827,651 (±1% / ±20,234.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
26.1% ±1.9% (23,634  ±1,855.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 36.1% 716,115 (±0.6% / ±12,072.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

7% ±0.7% (8,860  ±857.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 12.1% 335,262 (±0.2% / ±5,283.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

4.2% ±0.7% (5,586  ±967) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7.8% 232,485
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

7.2% ±1.1% (7,599  ±1,154) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 150,374 (±0.3% / ±6,182)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
7,599 Total veterans ±1,154 7,074 Male ±1,093 525 Female ±240

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