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Emporia Unified School District 253, KS

27,106 Population
129.3 square miles 209.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.7 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Lyon County: 33.4 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 36.7 ±0.2

Economics

$25,770 ±$2,286 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Lyon County: $26,904 ±$1,948
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $31,814 ±$218
$42,327 ±$3,497 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lyon County: $46,338 ±$2,947
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $59,597 ±$337

19.3% ±2.5% (4,929  ±649) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 17% † 5,356 (±2.1% / ±651)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 12% 337,739 (±0.2% / ±5,822)

13.5 minutes ±1.2 (178,120  ±17,208) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Lyon County: 15.9 257,260 (±1.1 / ±20,546)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Kansas: 19.4 26,562,375 (±0.1 / ±168,786)

Families

10,929 ±318 Number of households
  • Lyon County: 13,569 ±314
  • Kansas: 1,129,227 ±4,275
2.4 ±0.1 (25,705  ±374) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lyon County: 2.3 31,813 (±0.1 / ±221)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,830,428 (±0)

4.2% ±1.9% (311  ±137) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 4.3% † 366 (±1.6% / ±136)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 5.8% 38,563 (±0.2% / ±1,213)

Housing

12,421 ±177 Number of housing units
  • Lyon County: 15,334 ±98
  • Kansas: 1,273,297 ±545

$102,200 ±$7,979 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Lyon County: $106,800 ±$6,284
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $151,900 ±$682

26.5% ±3.3% (7,109  ±876.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 23.8% † 7,822 (±2.7% / ±896.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 16.2% 466,908 (±0.3% / ±7,541.9)

Social

86.8% ±4.3% (13,458  ±705.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 88.3% 17,567 (±3.6% / ±738.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 91% 1,730,153 (±0.4% / ±7,694)
28.3% ±2.4% (4,394  ±386.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lyon County: 27.5% 5,469 (±2% / ±404.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 33.4% 635,070 (±0.3% / ±4,816.1)

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

12.1% ±1.1% (3,265  ±292) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Lyon County: 10.2% 3,393 (±0.9% / ±289)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,845 (±0.1% / ±3,367)

6.5% ±1% (1,358  ±214) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Lyon County: 6.6% † 1,696 (±0.9% / ±219)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 8.1% 176,444 (±0.1% / ±2,086)
1,358 Total veterans ±214 1,191 Male ±171 167 Female ±102

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