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Emporia Unified School District 253, KS

27,005 Population
129.3 square miles 208.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.3 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lyon County: 32.9 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 36.3 ±0.2

Economics

$23,140 ±$2,053 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lyon County: $24,307 ±$1,611
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $29,600 ±$173
$39,331 ±$2,298 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lyon County: $42,992 ±$2,717
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $55,477 ±$401

21.1% ±2.7% (5,384  ±683) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 18.7% † 5,921 (±2.1% / ±666)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 12.8% 361,285 (±0.2% / ±6,825)

14.6 minutes ±1.3 (191,210  ±19,563) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lyon County: 17 278,270 (±1.1 / ±19,661)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 19.2 25,964,155 (±0.1 / ±181,433)

Families

10,885 ±313 Number of households
  • Lyon County: 13,552 ±317
  • Kansas: 1,121,943 ±3,987
2.4 ±0.1 (25,674  ±402) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lyon County: 2.4 31,938 (±0.1 / ±280)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,823,480 (±0)

5.7% ±2.2% (419  ±163) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Lyon County: 5.5% † 477 (±1.9% / ±162)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6% 39,414 (±0.2% / ±1,429)

Housing

12,316 ±195 Number of housing units
  • Lyon County: 15,267 ±121
  • Kansas: 1,259,647 ±363

$96,100 ±$6,284 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lyon County: $98,500 ±$5,230
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $139,200 ±$755

26.4% ±3.4% (7,043  ±917.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 23.9% † 7,885 (±2.9% / ±949.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 16.3% 467,094 (±0.3% / ±7,475.8)

Social

87.6% ±4.3% (13,512  ±704.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 89.1% 17,730 (±3.6% / ±726.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 90.5% 1,707,528 (±0.4% / ±7,062.3)
27.8% ±2.6% (4,284  ±410.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lyon County: 27.1% 5,391 (±2.1% / ±421.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 32.4% 610,346 (±0.2% / ±4,345)

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

11.3% ±1.1% (3,054  ±285) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 9.5% 3,176 (±0.9% / ±286)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7% 203,780 (±0.1% / ±2,782)

6.6% ±1.1% (1,366  ±229) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Lyon County: 7% † 1,795 (±0.9% / ±233)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 8.6% 185,292 (±0.1% / ±2,221)
1,366 Total veterans ±229 1,259 Male ±207 107 Female ±89

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