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Columbus Unified School District 493, KS

6,122 Population
368.8 square miles 16.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 42 ±0.7
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$33,799 ±$2,845 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $30,180 ±$1,483
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$51,990 ±$5,813 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cherokee County: $58,274 ±$5,229
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

12.7% ±3.2% (762  ±199) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Cherokee County: 13.1% † 2,476 (±2.4% / ±462)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

22.2 minutes ±0.9 (61,750  ±7,143) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Cherokee County: 20.5 176,330 (±1.2 / ±12,568)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

2,709 ±191 Number of households
  • Cherokee County: 7,727 ±202
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.2 ±0.2 (6,046  ±388) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cherokee County: 2.5 19,012 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

5.6% ±4.1% (72  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 6.8% † 268 (±2.6% / ±104)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

3,151 ±222 Number of housing units
  • Cherokee County: 9,140 ±32
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$102,300 ±$12,535 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Cherokee County: $99,400 ±$8,869
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

10.1% ±3.7% (608  ±227) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Cherokee County: 10.6% † 2,011 (±2.9% / ±559.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

94.5% ±6.1% (4,131  ±392.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 90.9% 12,144 (±5% / ±674.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
24.6% ±4.1% (1,076  ±194) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Cherokee County: 20.1% † 2,688 (±2.4% / ±324.5)
  • about two-thirds 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

0.8% ±0.9% (49  ±55) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Cherokee County: 1.5% 283
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

5.8% ±2.1% (288  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Cherokee County: 6.3% † 932 (±1.3% / ±191)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
288 Total veterans ±104 281 Male ±100 7 Female ±12

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