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Golden Plains Unified School District 316, KS

717 Population
242.1 square miles 3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±8.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Thomas County: 35.3 ±2.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$43,976 ±$10,434 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Thomas County: $39,446 † ±$4,575
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$61,528 ±$14,573 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Thomas County: $71,325 † ±$9,792
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.6% ±6.3% (90  ±48) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Thomas County: 6.5% † 485 (±2.9% / ±219)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.7 minutes ±8.5 (7,150  ±3,388) Mean travel time to work
  • nearly double the figure in Thomas County: 11.7 † 46,080 (±1.3 / ±6,027)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

304 ±54 Number of households
  • Thomas County: 3,139 ±161
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (717  ±131) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Thomas County: 2.4 7,469 (±0.1 / ±32)
  • a little less than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.1% ±8.4% (9  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Thomas County: 5.6% † 104 (±3% / ±57)
  • about 1.4 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

355 ±58 Number of housing units
  • Thomas County: 3,575 ±33
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$103,500 ±$21,242 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Thomas County: $172,700 ±$16,455
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.7% ±8.2% (112  ±61.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Thomas County: 12.7% † 986 (±3.3% / ±258.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±4.8% (445  ±78.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Thomas County: 95.3% 4,685 (±8.5% / ±435.9)
  • about the same as 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)
16.6% ±6.5% (80  ±34.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Thomas County: 34.6% † 1,702 (±5.1% / ±255.4)
  • 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

6.1% ±4.9% (44  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Thomas County: 4.2% 327
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±4.4% (43  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Thomas County: 2.8% † 169 (±1.4% / ±81)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
43 Total veterans ±25 39 Male ±23 4 Female ±6

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