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Waconda Unified School District 272, KS

2,538 Population
394.4 square miles 6.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mitchell County: 43.3 ±0.7
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$41,231 ±$4,118 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mitchell County: $36,913 † ±$3,815
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$66,576 ±$10,207 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mitchell County: $58,233 † ±$8,070
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

10.1% ±3.8% (252  ±99) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mitchell County: 12.5% † 702 (±4.1% / ±233)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

16.8 minutes ±4.5 (19,365  ±3,450) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mitchell County: 13.6 † 33,230 (±1.6 / ±4,820)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

1,199 ±123 Number of households
  • Mitchell County: 2,567 ±122
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.1 ±0.1 (2,497  ±270) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Mitchell County: 2.2 5,629 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

7.2% ±4.9% (32  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mitchell County: 10% † 106 (±6.6% / ±70)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

1,531 ±131 Number of housing units
  • Mitchell County: 3,124 ±20
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$115,300 ±$9,287 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Mitchell County: $109,600 † ±$14,321
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

7.1% ±2.9% (179  ±74.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mitchell County: 10.1% † 579 (±3.6% / ±205.2)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

95.7% ±14.2% (1,796  ±181.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mitchell County: 94.4% 3,715 (±7.5% / ±295.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
29.3% ±2.9% (549  ±80.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mitchell County: 25.4% † 1,001 (±3.9% / ±152.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

0.5% ±0.5% (12  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Mitchell County: 1.4% 79
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

10.2% ±2.9% (206  ±63) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mitchell County: 7.7% † 343 (±1.8% / ±81)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
206 Total veterans ±63 206 Male ±63 N/A Female ±11

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