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Western Plains Unified School District 106, KS

1,272 Population
592.9 square miles 2.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50 ±12.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Ness County: 45.1 ±3.7
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,741 ±$5,990 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Ness County: $45,085 † ±$6,444
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,917 ±$9,284 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Ness County: $68,616 † ±$8,501
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.2% ±5.7% (140  ±75) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Ness County: 11.2% † 290 (±3.8% / ±97)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18.4 minutes ±2.5 (11,265  ±2,768) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Ness County: 15.6 † 20,900 (±2.5 / ±3,587)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

569 ±85 Number of households
  • Ness County: 1,161 ±58
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (1,252  ±206) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ness County: 2.2 2,587 (±0.1 / ±8)
  • 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

1.3% ±2.6% (3  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Ness County: 11.3% † 62 (±6.4% / ±36)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

788 ±80 Number of housing units
  • Ness County: 1,440 ±66
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$73,700 ±$5,616 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Ness County: $89,700 † ±$15,095
  • about one-third of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.3% ±3.7% (93  ±49.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Ness County: 12% † 316 (±4.1% / ±107.7)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92% ±16.6% (792  ±99) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ness County: 92.4% 1,699 (±6.4% / ±138.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20% ±5.3% (172  ±51) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Ness County: 25% † 460 (±3.9% / ±73.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about three-fifths 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

6.5% ±3.8% (83  ±50) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Ness County: 8.8% 233
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.2% ±3.5% (86  ±39) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Ness County: 5.9% † 125 (±1.9% / ±40)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
86 Total veterans ±39 82 Male ±38 4 Female ±5

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