Elk Falls, KS

Census Place

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2022 Population
93
9.41% 1-year growth
US Senator
Jerry Moran
Republican Party
US Senator
Roger Marshall
Republican Party
2022 Median Age
67.9
1.59% 1-year decrease
2022 Median Household Income
$46,250

About

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Elk Falls, KS are White (Non-Hispanic) (72%), Other (Non-Hispanic) (10.8%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (10.8%), American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) (5.38%), and Other (Hispanic) (1.08%).

None of the households in Elk Falls, KS reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

100% of the residents in Elk Falls, KS are U.S. citizens.

Most people in Elk Falls, KS drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 44.5 minutes. The average car ownership in Elk Falls, KS was 3 cars per household.

Economy

The economy of Elk Falls, KS employs 39 people. The largest industries in Elk Falls, KS are Educational Services (14 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (7 people), and Construction (6 people), and the highest paying industries are Health Care & Social Assistance ($43,750), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($30,313), and Total ($18,958).

Occupations

39
2022 Value
± 72
30%
1 Year growth
± 234%

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Elk Falls, KS, are Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (10 people), Construction & Extraction Occupations (6 people), and Health Technologists & Technicians (5 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Elk Falls, KS.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Employment by Industries

39
2022 Value
± 72
30%
1 Year growth
± 234%

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Elk Falls, KS, are Educational Services (14 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (7 people), and Construction (6 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Elk Falls, KS, though some of these residents may live in Elk Falls, KS and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$7,083
Median earning men ± $20,718
$32,500
Median earning women ± $17,136

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are .

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($33,750).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
3.11%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.44M people employed in Kansas. This represents a 3.11% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.9%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Kansas.

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Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Kansas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (41.6%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (2.23%).

Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall are the senators currently representing the state of Kansas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Kansas is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

US Senators from Kansas

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Jerry Moran
Senator from Kansas3
Assumed office on January 3, 2011
Roger Marshall
Senator from Kansas2
Assumed office on January 3, 2021

Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall are the senators currently representing Kansas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

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US Representatives from Kansas

Kansas is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Kansas have changed over time starting in 2008.

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Education

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Educational Pyramid

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In 2022, NaNM% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while NaNM% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

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Educational Attainment

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The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were N/A.

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Housing & Living

People in Elk Falls, KS have an average commute time of 44.5 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Elk Falls, KS is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the places in Elk Falls, KS colored by their Median Household Income (Total).

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Household Income

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$46,250
Median Household Income
± $45,821
N/A
Number of Households
± 0

The following chart displays the households in Elk Falls, KS distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $10k - $15k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Elk Falls, KS is from Kansas.
0.462
2022 Wage GINI in Kansas
0.46
2021 Wage GINI in Kansas

In 2022, the income inequality in Kansas was 0.462 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.512% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Kansas was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Kansas in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Kansas across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

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Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022
  1. Drove Alone (82.1%)
  2. Walked (17.9%)
  3. Carpooled (0%)

In 2022, 82.1% of workers in Elk Falls, KS drove alone to work, followed by those who walked to work (17.9%) and those who carpooled to work (0%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

44.5 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Elk Falls, KS have a longer commute time (44.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 17.9% of the workforce in Elk Falls, KS have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

3 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Elk Falls, KS distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Elk Falls, KS have 3 cars.

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Poverty & Diversity

N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Elk Falls, KS (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Elk Falls, KS is Two Or More, followed by White and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

93.5% of the population of Elk Falls, KS has health coverage, with 17.2% on employee plans, 12.9% on Medicaid, 49.5% on Medicare, 12.9% on non-group plans, and 1.08% on military or VA plans.

Health Care Diversity

In N/A, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in .

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.

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Uninsured People

6.45%
Uninsured
17.2%
Employer Coverage
12.9%
Medicaid
49.5%
Medicare
12.9%
Non-Group
1.08%
Military or VA

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Elk Falls, KS changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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