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Wichita Unified School District 259, KS

335,836 Population
148.7 square miles 2,258.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±0.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Sedgwick County: 36.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 38 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$33,771 ±$1,551 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sedgwick County: $38,346 ±$1,503
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $41,580 ±$690
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$60,903 ±$2,488 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sedgwick County: $70,833 ±$1,734
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $75,514 ±$996
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

17% ±2.3% (56,104  ±7,538) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Sedgwick County: 12.7% † 67,057 (±1.5% / ±7,789)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 10.9% 313,235 (±0.5% / ±15,633)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

17 minutes ±0.8 (2,617,815  ±155,492) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Sedgwick County: 18.6 4,465,575 (±0.7 / ±188,545)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 20 26,791,260 (±0.3 / ±510,391)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

137,453 ±3,762 Number of households
  • Sedgwick County: 211,116 ±2,995
  • Kansas: 1,204,374 ±6,458
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0.1 (327,958  ±6,748) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Sedgwick County: 2.5 526,108 (±0 / ±224)
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,883,876
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.8% ±2.1% (6,545  ±1,788) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Sedgwick County: 6.7% † 8,658 (±1.5% / ±1,943)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 6.2% 42,547 (±0.5% / ±3,183)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

153,642 ±3,071 Number of housing units
  • Sedgwick County: 232,119 ±134
  • Kansas: 1,310,001 ±918
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$184,800 ±$8,625 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Sedgwick County: $224,100 ±$6,443
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $238,700 ±$2,937
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.3% ±1.7% (47,458  ±5,684.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Sedgwick County: 13.4% † 70,728 (±1.4% / ±7,352.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 13% 382,985 (±0.5% / ±14,353.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.2% ±2.9% (194,583  ±7,650.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sedgwick County: 89.7% 317,917 (±2.6% / ±9,373.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,827,651 (±1% / ±20,234.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
28.7% ±1.7% (64,072  ±3,977.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sedgwick County: 33.1% 117,439 (±1.5% / ±5,372.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 36.1% 716,115 (±0.6% / ±12,072.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

12.8% ±1% (43,054  ±3,504) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sedgwick County: 9.5% 51,037
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 7.8% 232,485
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.8% ±0.9% (17,576  ±2,232) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Sedgwick County: 7.1% † 28,500 (±0.7% / ±2,852)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 6.7% 150,374 (±0.3% / ±6,182)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
17,576 Total veterans ±2,232 15,360 Male ±2,086 2,216 Female ±842

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