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Emporia Unified School District 253, KS

27,259 Population
129.3 square miles 210.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lyon County: 33.4 ±0.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 36.5 ±0.1

Economics

$25,463 ±$2,215 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lyon County: $26,322 ±$1,885
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $30,757 ±$189
$41,126 ±$2,709 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lyon County: $44,191 ±$3,806
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $57,422 ±$337

19.5% ±2.7% (5,013  ±694) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 17.4% † 5,483 (±2.2% / ±698)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 12.4% 350,280 (±0.2% / ±6,769)

14.5 minutes ±1.1 (190,055  ±15,929) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lyon County: 16.8 271,665 (±0.9 / ±17,160)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 19.3 26,202,845 (±0.1 / ±167,035)

Families

11,007 ±310 Number of households
  • Lyon County: 13,584 ±310
  • Kansas: 1,124,549 ±4,096
2.4 ±0.1 (25,879  ±380) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lyon County: 2.4 31,883 (±0.1 / ±259)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,828,708 (±0)

5.1% ±1.9% (368  ±137) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Lyon County: 4.9% † 417 (±1.7% / ±142)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 5.8% 38,640 (±0.2% / ±1,203)

Housing

12,460 ±195 Number of housing units
  • Lyon County: 15,313 ±122
  • Kansas: 1,266,378 ±484

$99,900 ±$7,825 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Lyon County: $104,100 ±$6,288
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $145,400 ±$806

26.5% ±3.1% (7,119  ±826.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 23.7% † 7,793 (±2.5% / ±827.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 16.5% 472,410 (±0.3% / ±7,675.4)

Social

87.2% ±4.2% (13,642  ±698.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 88.4% 17,643 (±3.6% / ±732.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 90.7% 1,718,956 (±0.4% / ±7,851.4)
28.2% ±2.5% (4,409  ±402.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lyon County: 27.3% 5,460 (±2.1% / ±417.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 32.9% 623,076 (±0.3% / ±4,836.5)

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

11.6% ±1% (3,155  ±284) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 9.9% 3,310 (±0.8% / ±278)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 206,683 (±0.1% / ±2,955)

6.9% ±1.1% (1,447  ±240) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Lyon County: 7.1% † 1,835 (±1% / ±245)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 8.3% 181,453 (±0.1% / ±2,219)
1,447 Total veterans ±240 1,322 Male ±200 125 Female ±110

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