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Emporia Unified School District 253, KS

27,081 Population
129.3 square miles 209.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lyon County: 33.8 ±0.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$25,588 ±$1,838 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lyon County: $26,429 ±$1,501
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$47,290 ±$4,434 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Lyon County: $50,141 ±$2,915
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

18.5% ±2.2% (4,745  ±579) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 16.1% † 5,136 (±1.8% / ±579)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

13.4 minutes ±0.9 (177,400  ±14,352) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lyon County: 15.9 256,590 (±0.8 / ±16,916)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

11,031 ±360 Number of households
  • Lyon County: 13,561 ±349
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.3 ±0.1 (25,808  ±453) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lyon County: 2.4 31,928 (±0.1 / ±261)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

2.4% ±1.5% (182  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lyon County: 2.6% † 227 (±1.3% / ±115)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

12,603 ±174 Number of housing units
  • Lyon County: 15,378 ±111
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$112,900 ±$8,769 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lyon County: $113,700 ±$7,648
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

27.2% ±3.2% (7,305  ±853.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 24.7% † 8,128 (±2.8% / ±927.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

86.5% ±4.6% (13,488  ±766.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 88% 17,533 (±3.9% / ±789)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
27.2% ±2.5% (4,239  ±400.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 26.9% 5,349 (±2.1% / ±421.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

11.9% ±1.2% (3,210  ±336) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 10% † 3,310 (±1% / ±332)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

6.5% ±0.9% (1,368  ±188) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 6.6% † 1,702 (±0.8% / ±216)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
1,368 Total veterans ±188 1,299 Male ±181 69 Female ±49

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