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Arkansas City Unified School District 470, KS

15,191 Population
186.5 square miles 81.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.6 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Cowley County: 39.2 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,378 ±$2,113 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cowley County: $32,882 † ±$3,741
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,641 ±$4,845 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Cowley County: $57,878 ±$3,114
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.4% ±3.5% (2,380  ±511) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cowley County: 14.3% † 4,579 (±2.1% / ±676)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.5 minutes ±1.5 (124,525  ±11,842) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cowley County: 21.1 299,765 (±1.6 / ±24,546)
  • 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

6,160 ±307 Number of households
  • Cowley County: 13,387 ±380
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (14,548  ±386) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Cowley County: 2.4 32,194 (±0.1 / ±34)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.1% ±3.3% (333  ±123) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Cowley County: 6.2% † 458 (±1.9% / ±140)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,136 ±237 Number of housing units
  • Cowley County: 15,682 ±42
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$95,500 ±$8,247 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Cowley County: $120,900 ±$7,871
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.2% ±2.6% (1,973  ±386.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cowley County: 11.6% † 3,939 (±1.7% / ±589.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.9% ±5.1% (9,082  ±590.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cowley County: 90.6% 20,569 (±3.5% / ±807.3)
  • about the same as 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)
20.8% ±2.8% (2,103  ±290.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cowley County: 24.5% 5,569 (±2% / ±442.8)
  • 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

6.4% ±1.7% (974  ±258) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Cowley County: 4.6% 1,570
  • 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% ±1.5% (940  ±180) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Cowley County: 8% † 2,109 (±0.9% / ±242)
  • 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)
940 Total veterans ±180 914 Male ±174 26 Female ±26

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