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Colby Public Schools Unified School District 315, KS

6,381 Population
467.5 square miles 13.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Thomas County: 35.3 ±2.1
  • 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

$39,709 ±$5,415 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Thomas County: $39,446 † ±$4,575
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,645 ±$9,056 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Thomas County: $71,325 † ±$9,792
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.8% ±3.5% (405  ±207) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Thomas County: 6.5% † 485 (±2.9% / ±219)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

10.7 minutes ±1.3 (35,015  ±5,418) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Thomas County: 11.7 † 46,080 (±1.3 / ±6,027)
  • about half the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,601 ±160 Number of households
  • Thomas County: 3,139 ±161
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (5,965  ±297) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Thomas County: 2.4 7,469 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • 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

4.4% ±3.4% (66  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Thomas County: 5.6% † 104 (±3% / ±57)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,983 ±103 Number of housing units
  • Thomas County: 3,575 ±33
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$172,600 ±$17,757 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Thomas County: $172,700 ±$16,455
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.6% ±3.9% (732  ±249.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Thomas County: 12.7% † 986 (±3.3% / ±258.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.9% ±9.4% (3,743  ±419.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Thomas County: 95.3% 4,685 (±8.5% / ±435.9)
  • 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)
37.5% ±6% (1,481  ±248.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Thomas County: 34.6% † 1,702 (±5.1% / ±255.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • a little higher than 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

4.5% ±2% (288  ±125) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Thomas County: 4.2% 327
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.5% ±1.7% (118  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Thomas County: 2.8% † 169 (±1.4% / ±81)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
118 Total veterans ±80 115 Male ±78 3 Female ±10

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