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Hays Unified School District 489, KS

24,700 Population
379.5 square miles 65.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Ellis County: 33.2 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,592 ±$2,250 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Ellis County: $37,483 † ±$5,295
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,202 ±$4,787 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Ellis County: $63,084 ±$5,107
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.8% ±2.6% (4,376  ±611) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Ellis County: 18.4% † 5,039 (±2.4% / ±657)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12 minutes ±1.2 (159,835  ±17,482) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Ellis County: 12.9 196,130 (±1 / ±17,108)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

10,491 ±263 Number of households
  • Ellis County: 12,251 ±259
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (23,177  ±272) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Ellis County: 2.2 27,286 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • 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

5.3% ±2.1% (346  ±137) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Ellis County: 5.7% † 425 (±2% / ±146)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,332 ±160 Number of housing units
  • Ellis County: 13,287 ±31
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$226,400 ±$13,123 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Ellis County: $216,300 ±$12,126
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

23.7% ±2.9% (5,795  ±716.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ellis County: 21.4% † 6,108 (±2.5% / ±724.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.7% ±5.3% (13,809  ±799.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Ellis County: 94.9% 16,489 (±4.6% / ±814)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
40.9% ±3.4% (5,964  ±501.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ellis County: 38.9% 6,761 (±2.9% / ±503.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

2.6% ±0.7% (653  ±178) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Ellis County: 2.4% 700
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.5% ±0.8% (697  ±165) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Ellis County: 3.8% † 879 (±0.8% / ±186)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
697 Total veterans ±165 672 Male ±164 25 Female ±22

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