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66801

27,585 Population
301.1 square miles 91.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 34.2 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,035 ±$1,307 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $30,706 ±$1,190
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,794 ±$6,073 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $59,354 ±$3,840
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.9% ±2.4% (4,226  ±630) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 14.2% † 4,766 (±1.9% / ±627)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.3 minutes ±0.8 (181,165  ±13,641) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 15.2 254,220 (±0.7 / ±15,603)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,725 ±317 Number of households
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 14,628 ±320
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (26,554  ±361) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 2.3 33,553 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.4% ±2.5% (469  ±186) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 6.1% † 529 (±2.2% / ±190)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

13,103 ±173 Number of housing units
  • the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 16,415 ±101
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$152,700 ±$8,254 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: $146,700 ±$8,405
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

23.9% ±3.3% (6,495  ±893.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 21.9% † 7,506 (±2.7% / ±932.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.6% ±4.5% (14,666  ±785.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 89.6% 19,273 (±3.7% / ±814.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
26.6% ±2.5% (4,412  ±421.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 26.6% 5,726 (±2% / ±441.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about three-quarters of 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

12.7% ±1.4% (3,489  ±385) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 10.5% 3,635
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±1% (1,278  ±206) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Emporia, KS Micro Area: 6% † 1,617 (±0.8% / ±215)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,278 Total veterans ±206 1,163 Male ±201 115 Female ±51

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