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West Elk Unified School District 282, KS

1,814 Population
536.4 square miles 3.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.1 ±3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Elk County: 48.8 ±2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,929 ±$3,805 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Elk County: $31,216 ±$2,754
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$58,594 ±$11,458 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Elk County: $64,609 † ±$9,001
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.2% ±2.7% (183  ±50) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Elk County: 10.4% † 253 (±2.9% / ±71)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.9 minutes ±7 (22,680  ±5,731) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Elk County: 33.7 † 29,970 (±5.8 / ±5,729)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

827 ±76 Number of households
  • Elk County: 999 ±71
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (1,802  ±134) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Elk County: 2.4 2,441 (±0.2 / ±8)
  • 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

0.7% ±0.7% (2  ±2) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Elk County: 2.3% † 9 (±1.8% / ±7)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,285 ±84 Number of housing units
  • Elk County: 1,491 ±16
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$71,800 ±$14,127 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Elk County: $68,500 † ±$12,218
  • about one-third of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.9% ±4.2% (215  ±78) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Elk County: 11.7% † 285 (±3.6% / ±87.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.1% ±5.2% (1,244  ±118) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Elk County: 90.7% 1,579 (±6.8% / ±124.4)
  • 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)
18.5% ±3.7% (255  ±53.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Elk County: 21.5% † 374 (±3.4% / ±59.7)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about half 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

0.9% ±0.5% (17  ±9) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Elk County: 1% 24
  • 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

6.6% ±2.3% (97  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Elk County: 8.3% † 156 (±2.3% / ±43)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
97 Total veterans ±34 90 Male ±32 7 Female ±9

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