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Emporia Unified School District 253, KS

26,067 Population
129.3 square miles 201.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Lyon County: 32.9 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,082 ±$1,606 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lyon County: $29,425 ±$1,502
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $38,108 ±$364
$51,870 ±$6,295 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lyon County: $56,415 ±$2,759
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $69,747 ±$479

18.3% ±2.7% (4,567  ±671) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 16.2% † 5,034 (±2.2% / ±689)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.6% 329,870 (±0.3% / ±7,570)

12.4 minutes ±1 (156,035  ±13,884) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lyon County: 14.9 231,225 (±0.8 / ±15,205)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,744,330 (±0.1 / ±198,234)

Families

10,921 ±329 Number of households
  • Lyon County: 13,223 ±304
  • Kansas: 1,148,635 ±4,002
2.3 ±0.1 (24,931  ±276) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lyon County: 2.4 31,014 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,849,396

4.2% ±1.9% (299  ±134) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 4.3% † 354 (±1.6% / ±135)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,789 (±0.2% / ±1,453)

Housing

12,416 ±173 Number of housing units
  • Lyon County: 14,998 ±52
  • Kansas: 1,278,548 ±518

$135,700 ±$7,437 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lyon County: $136,100 ±$7,635
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $189,300 ±$1,228

26.9% ±3.4% (6,931  ±884) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 24.2% † 7,696 (±2.8% / ±,900.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 15.6% 451,476 (±0.3% / ±7,585.2)

Social

86.6% ±4.5% (13,175  ±,750.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 87.8% 16,935 (±4% / ±794)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.8% 1,768,151 (±0.5% / ±9,162)
26.7% ±2.5% (4,062  ±,388.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 26.7% 5,149 (±2.2% / ±,429.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 34.7% 668,265 (±0.3% / ±5,604.1)

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

12.4% ±1.7% (3,237  ±447) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 10.4% 3,344
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,290

6.5% ±1.2% (1,323  ±251) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 6.6% † 1,643 (±1% / ±247)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 163,472 (±0.1% / ±2,693)
1,323 Total veterans ±251 1,253 Male ±250 70 Female ±48

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