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West Elk Unified School District 282, KS

1,960 Population
536.4 square miles 3.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.9 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Elk County: 49.6 ±0.8
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$31,524 ±$3,736 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Elk County: $29,323 ±$2,777
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$51,136 ±$8,298 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Elk County: $56,087 † ±$9,123
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

18.2% ±4.6% (355  ±94) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Elk County: 16.7% † 410 (±3.9% / ±95)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

36.5 minutes ±7.7 (26,430  ±6,625) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Elk County: 37.1 † 33,500 (±5.5 / ±5,792)
  • nearly double the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

940 ±78 Number of households
  • Elk County: 1,076 ±71
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.1 ±0.2 (1,945  ±152) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Elk County: 2.3 2,449 (±0.2 / ±7)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

3.6% ±3.6% (10  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Elk County: 4.5% † 18 (±3% / ±12)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

1,412 ±96 Number of housing units
  • Elk County: 1,502 ±30
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$63,400 ±$12,581 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Elk County: $60,900 † ±$9,970
  • about one-third of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

12.1% ±4% (232  ±78.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Elk County: 13.1% † 320 (±3.7% / ±90.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

91.8% ±4.6% (1,369  ±125) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Elk County: 92% 1,650 (±7.3% / ±132.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
17.2% ±3.8% (257  ±60.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Elk County: 20.6% † 369 (±3.8% / ±68.7)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

1% ±0.7% (20  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Elk County: 1.1% 27
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

7% ±1.9% (109  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Elk County: 8.6% † 162 (±2.2% / ±41)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
109 Total veterans ±30 105 Male ±29 4 Female ±6

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