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Waconda Unified School District 272, KS

2,571 Population
394.4 square miles 6.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.6 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mitchell County: 43.1 ±0.9
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,099 ±$4,076 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Mitchell County: $40,234 ±$3,982
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,798 ±$13,102 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Mitchell County: $64,246 † ±$9,366
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.2% ±3.5% (207  ±92) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mitchell County: 12.2% † 689 (±4.4% / ±250)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.1 minutes ±4.2 (17,195  ±2,954) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Mitchell County: 13.6 † 34,550 (±1.9 / ±5,602)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,227 ±142 Number of households
  • Mitchell County: 2,680 ±94
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (2,532  ±340) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Mitchell County: 2.1 5,643 (±0.1 / ±6)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.7% ±2.5% (12  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Mitchell County: 3.6% † 40 (±2.6% / ±29)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,533 ±156 Number of housing units
  • Mitchell County: 3,116 ±21
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$115,300 ±$11,901 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Mitchell County: $133,800 † ±$32,609
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3.3% ±1.5% (84  ±40.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mitchell County: 7.6% † 438 (±3.2% / ±183.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.6% ±13.8% (1,754  ±169.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mitchell County: 94% 3,736 (±7.7% / ±312.8)
  • a little higher than 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)
25.7% ±2.9% (476  ±74.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Mitchell County: 26.2% † 1,041 (±4% / ±161.7)
  • 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

0.5% ±0.6% (14  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mitchell County: 1.3% 75
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9.3% ±2.8% (189  ±61) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Mitchell County: 6.7% † 300 (±1.5% / ±66)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
189 Total veterans ±61 183 Male ±60 6 Female ±8

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