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Fort Scott Unified School District 234, KS

11,731 Population
295 square miles 39.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.5 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Bourbon County: 39.1 ±1.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,100 ±$2,197 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Bourbon County: $31,131 ±$1,794
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$56,090 ±$9,021 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Bourbon County: $59,238 † ±$7,304
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14% ±3.1% (1,591  ±362) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Bourbon County: 13.6% † 1,915 (±2.8% / ±397)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

18 minutes ±2.3 (82,695  ±13,313) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Bourbon County: 19.6 112,120 (±1.8 / ±13,591)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,976 ±237 Number of households
  • Bourbon County: 5,840 ±205
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (11,359  ±443) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Bourbon County: 2.4 14,022 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.7% ±2.8% (119  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Bourbon County: 5.1% † 155 (±2.4% / ±73)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,598 ±175 Number of housing units
  • Bourbon County: 6,756 ±29
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$114,400 ±$7,698 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Bourbon County: $113,800 ±$7,418
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8% ±2.2% (928  ±259) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Bourbon County: 7.9% † 1,121 (±1.9% / ±269.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.5% ±6.6% (7,005  ±555.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bourbon County: 90.8% 8,484 (±6.2% / ±588.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.6% ±3.6% (1,831  ±283.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Bourbon County: 23.9% † 2,230 (±3.2% / ±298.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

1.1% ±0.6% (123  ±73) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Bourbon County: 1.8% 258
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±1.5% (568  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Bourbon County: 6.1% † 655 (±1.2% / ±134)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
568 Total veterans ±139 544 Male ±132 24 Female ±32

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