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Hays Unified School District 489, KS

24,762 Population
379.4 square miles 65.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.6 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Ellis County: 32.5 ±0.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$34,787 ±$2,660 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ellis County: $37,575 † ±$4,808
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$58,452 ±$3,680 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Ellis County: $59,889 ±$4,452
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

18.6% ±2.3% (4,358  ±553) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Ellis County: 17.7% † 4,873 (±2.1% / ±585)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

12.2 minutes ±1 (162,805  ±14,999) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Ellis County: 13 199,255 (±0.9 / ±15,328)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

10,435 ±329 Number of households
  • Ellis County: 12,186 ±271
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.2 ±0.1 (23,337  ±402) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ellis County: 2.2 27,336 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

5.7% ±2.4% (377  ±158) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Ellis County: 6% † 452 (±2.3% / ±172)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

11,358 ±208 Number of housing units
  • Ellis County: 13,247 ±47
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$220,200 ±$13,086 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Ellis County: $211,100 ±$10,796
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

23.2% ±3% (5,693  ±735.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ellis County: 21.3% † 6,072 (±2.6% / ±750.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

95.3% ±5.1% (13,874  ±795) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ellis County: 95.3% 16,475 (±4.6% / ±807.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
42.1% ±3.5% (6,121  ±521.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ellis County: 39.6% 6,838 (±3.1% / ±533.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

3.1% ±0.8% (770  ±185) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ellis County: 2.8% 816
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

3.6% ±0.9% (713  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Ellis County: 3.8% † 873 (±0.8% / ±174)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
713 Total veterans ±174 668 Male ±164 45 Female ±36

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