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Emporia Unified School District 253, KS

25,835 Population
129.3 square miles 199.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.5 ±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: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$27,999 ±$1,053 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lyon County: $29,881 ±$1,094
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$54,993 ±$5,833 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lyon County: $59,078 ±$2,367
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

17.4% ±3.1% (4,311  ±758) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 15.2% † 4,712 (±2.4% / ±746)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

12.8 minutes ±1 (157,815  ±14,583) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lyon County: 15.2 233,360 (±0.9 / ±16,850)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

10,977 ±308 Number of households
  • Lyon County: 13,322 ±282
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.3 ±0.1 (24,761  ±292) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lyon County: 2.3 31,045 (±0.1 / ±20)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

6.1% ±2.2% (427  ±152) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Lyon County: 5.8% † 474 (±1.9% / ±155)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

12,377 ±168 Number of housing units
  • Lyon County: 14,998 ±46
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$138,000 ±$9,357 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Lyon County: $142,200 ±$8,412
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

25.6% ±3.7% (6,529  ±940.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 22.9% † 7,287 (±3% / ±961.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

87.8% ±4.3% (13,394  ±708.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 89.2% 17,346 (±3.8% / ±748.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
27% ±2.5% (4,118  ±383.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lyon County: 27.7% 5,391 (±2.1% / ±410.3)
  • about three-quarters 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

12.8% ±1.6% (3,294  ±425) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 10.4% 3,335
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

5.9% ±0.9% (1,196  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lyon County: 6.4% † 1,587 (±0.8% / ±203)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
1,196 Total veterans ±186 1,138 Male ±181 58 Female ±39

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