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Emporia Unified School District 253, KS

26,180 Population
129.3 square miles 202.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.4 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lyon County: 33.1 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$28,595 ±$1,321 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lyon County: $30,158 ±$1,212
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,870 ±$5,232 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lyon County: $59,912 ±$4,163
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.7% ±2.5% (4,220  ±629) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 14.6% † 4,564 (±2% / ±612)
  • 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)

12.6 minutes ±0.8 (162,535  ±12,291) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lyon County: 14.8 232,740 (±0.7 / ±14,575)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

11,216 ±295 Number of households
  • Lyon County: 13,481 ±302
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (25,149  ±261) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lyon County: 2.3 31,135 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.7% ±2.6% (469  ±186) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Lyon County: 6.3% † 519 (±2.3% / ±188)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

12,527 ±161 Number of housing units
  • Lyon County: 15,027 ±76
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$146,400 ±$10,847 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Lyon County: $150,600 ±$7,373
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

24.5% ±3.3% (6,319  ±863.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 22.5% † 7,135 (±2.9% / ±927)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.3% ±4.7% (13,709  ±759.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 89.4% 17,526 (±4% / ±797.4)
  • a little less than 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)
26% ±2.5% (4,040  ±389.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 26.3% 5,153 (±2.2% / ±436.8)
  • 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

13% ±1.5% (3,404  ±381) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 11% 3,529
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.7% ±1% (1,165  ±204) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Lyon County: 6% † 1,504 (±0.8% / ±207)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,165 Total veterans ±204 1,090 Male ±200 75 Female ±37

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