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Liberal Unified School District 480, KS

19,964 Population
203 square miles 98.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.7 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Seward County: 31 ±0.7
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$29,882 ±$2,678 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Seward County: $30,152 ±$2,589
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,325 ±$8,811 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Seward County: $63,827 † ±$8,322
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.8% ±3.9% (2,512  ±764) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Seward County: 12.2% † 2,581 (±3.6% / ±764)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.4 minutes ±2 (124,940  ±18,900) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Seward County: 14.7 † 139,450 (±1.9 / ±19,437)
  • about three-quarters 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

6,735 ±268 Number of households
  • Seward County: 7,257 ±261
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.1 (19,602  ±406) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Seward County: 2.9 21,124 (±0.1 / ±16)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.7% ±2.9% (357  ±134) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Seward County: 7.5% † 373 (±2.8% / ±139)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,658 ±136 Number of housing units
  • Seward County: 8,308 ±33
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$136,600 ±$22,254 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Seward County: $136,500 † ±$21,591
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±2.9% (2,491  ±577.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Seward County: 12.2% † 2,574 (±2.7% / ±573.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

71.8% ±6.5% (8,305  ±779.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Seward County: 71.9% 9,059 (±6.3% / ±802.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
10.2% ±2.4% (1,179  ±275.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Seward County: 11.4% † 1,433 (±2.5% / ±318.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about one-quarter 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

29.1% ±2.4% (5,805  ±496) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Seward County: 29.3% 6,290
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2% ±0.6% (271  ±87) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Seward County: 2% † 301 (±0.6% / ±86)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
271 Total veterans ±87 266 Male ±86 5 Female ±10

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