Kearny County, Kansas

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Kearny County, Kansas is among the lowest in the country for poverty rate, and among the highest in the country for foreign born (148th of 3,222 counties).

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Key figures

Statistic	Kearny County, Kansas	Kansas	United States	Rank
Total Population	3,864	2,947,197	334,922,499	2975th of 3,222
Median Household Income	$89,135	$74,275	$80,734	324th of 3,221
Median Age	37.1	37.4	38.9	2730th of 3,222
Bachelor's Degree or Higher	19.4%	35.6%	35.7%	2103rd of 3,222
Median Home Value	$200,900	$217,200	$332,700	1392nd of 3,217
Median Gross Rent	$1,056	$1,060	$1,413	831st of 3,215
Poverty Rate	4.5%	11.3%	12.5%	3200th of 3,222
Unemployment Rate	2.2%	3.9%	5.2%	2880th of 3,222
Population per Square Mile	4.4	36.0	n/a	2876th of 3,222
Foreign Born	17.6%	7.4%	14.1%	148th of 3,222
Life Expectancy	77.8	n/a	n/a	835th of 3,062
Homeownership Rate	71.7%	67.2%	65.2%	2062nd of 3,222
Average Commute Time	21.5	19.7	26.4	2240th of 3,221
Worked from Home	8.9%	11.8%	15.1%	1502nd of 3,222
Uninsured	19.4%	n/a	n/a	279th of 3,134
Married-Couple Households	57.5%	49.1%	46.9%	337th of 3,222
Broadband Access	91.0%	n/a	n/a	261st of 3,135

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Race and ethnicity in Kearny County, Kansas

Statistic	Kearny County, Kansas	Kansas	United States
White (non-Hispanic)	58.5%	72.7%	57.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	35.6%	13.6%	19.3%
Black (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	5.2%	11.9%
Asian (non-Hispanic)	3.6%	2.9%	5.9%
Two or More Races (non-Hispanic)	1.4%	4.8%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native (non-Hispanic)	0.1%	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%
Some Other Race (non-Hispanic)	0.8%	0.4%	0.6%
Diversity Index	52.9	44.7	61.4

Age in Kearny County, Kansas

Statistic	Kearny County, Kansas	Kansas	United States
Median Age	37.1	37.4	38.9
Under 18 %	28.4%	23.8%	22.0%
Age 18-24 %	6.5%	10.2%	9.1%
Age 25-34 %	13.1%	12.9%	13.7%
Age 35-44 %	14.0%	12.9%	13.2%
Age 45-64 %	19.7%	23.3%	24.8%
Age 65 and Over %	18.2%	17.0%	17.2%

Households and families in Kearny County, Kansas

Statistic	Kearny County, Kansas	Kansas	United States
Households	1,427	1,174,060	129,227,496
Average Household Size	2.7	2.4	2.5
Family Households	74.3%	63.4%	64.2%
Households with Children	42.0%	30.1%	29.5%
Single-Parent Families	16.7%	14.3%	17.3%
People Living Alone	22.9%	30.0%	28.7%
Never Married	21.2%	31.0%	34.4%

Income and poverty in Kearny County, Kansas

Statistic	Kearny County, Kansas	Kansas	United States
Per Capita Income	$34,273	$40,978	$44,673
Households Under $25,000	6.0%	13.9%	14.6%
Households $50,000 to $74,999	22.6%	17.7%	15.5%
Households $100,000 to $149,999	31.0%	17.7%	17.5%
Households $200,000 or More	2.1%	9.6%	13.4%
Poverty Rate	4.5%	11.3%	12.5%
Below 200% of Poverty	29.0%	27.8%	28.2%
SNAP Households	5.5%	6.8%	n/a

Housing in Kearny County, Kansas

Statistic	Kearny County, Kansas	Kansas	United States
Housing Units	1,578	1,293,635	143,775,355
Single-Family Detached Homes	76.9%	71.8%	61.3%
Buildings with 5+ Units	2.1%	13.0%	19.1%
Vacancy Rate	9.6%	9.2%	10.1%
Median Year Structure Built	1,972.0	1,976.0	1,980.0
Renter-Occupied	28.3%	32.8%	34.8%
Rent as % of Household Income	20.6%	27.1%	30.6%
Median Property Tax	$2,108	$2,798	n/a

Education in Kearny County, Kansas

Statistic	Kearny County, Kansas	Kansas	United States
Less than High School	18.1%	8.0%	10.4%
High School Graduate	30.2%	25.4%	26.0%
Some College or Associate Degree	32.3%	30.9%	27.9%
Bachelor's Degree	13.2%	22.2%	21.6%
Graduate or Professional Degree	6.2%	13.4%	14.1%

Work and commuting in Kearny County, Kansas

Statistic	Kearny County, Kansas	Kansas	United States
Labour Force Participation	63.0%	66.1%	63.5%
Drove Alone to Work	68.0%	75.4%	68.8%
Public Transit	0.0%	0.4%	3.2%
Walked to Work	5.8%	2.3%	2.4%
Commutes Under 15 Minutes	47.3%	40.2%	26.0%
Commutes Over an Hour	9.9%	3.7%	8.6%
Households Without a Car	2.0%	5.1%	n/a

Origins and language in Kearny County, Kansas

Statistic	Kearny County, Kansas	Kansas	United States
Born in State of Residence	63.6%	59.2%	57.3%
Naturalised Citizens	4.2%	3.2%	7.4%
Non-Citizens	13.4%	4.2%	6.8%
Speaks Only English at Home	67.6%	87.9%	77.7%
Speaks Spanish at Home	28.5%	8.1%	13.6%
Limited English Proficiency	18.8%	9.2%	16.7%

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