Elsmore, KS

Census Place

2024 Population

US Senator

Jerry Moran

Republican Party

US Senator

Roger Marshall

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

39.5

50.2% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

32.7%

23.1% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$36,607

10.1% 1-year growth

2020 Median Property Value

$16,400

Housing & Living

The median property value in Elsmore, KS was $16,400 in 2020, which is 0.0493 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2019 and 2020 the median property value increased from $16,300 to $16,400, a 0.613% increase. The homeownership rate in Elsmore, KS is 82.6%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Elsmore, KS have an average commute time of 31.1 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Elsmore, KS is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$16,400

Median Property Value 2020

±$3,449

$19

Median Property Taxes

±$34

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Elsmore, KS the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Elsmore, KS compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$36,607

Median Household Income

± $21,082

Number of Households

± 35

In 2024, the median household income of the 23 households in Elsmore, KS grew to $36,607 from the previous year's value of $33,250.

The following chart displays the households in Elsmore, 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 $35k - $40k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Elsmore, KS is from Kansas.

0.459

2024 Wage GINI in Kansas

0.458

2023 Wage GINI in Kansas

In 2024, the income inequality in Kansas was 0.459 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.185% growth from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Kansas was lower than than the national average of 0.474. 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.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (81.3%)
Worked At Home (12.5%)
Carpooled (6.25%)

In 2024, 81.3% of workers in Elsmore, KS drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (12.5%) and those who carpooled to work (6.25%).

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.

Commute Time

31.1 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Elsmore, KS have a longer commute time (31.1 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Elsmore, KS have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Elsmore, KS compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Elsmore, KS distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Elsmore, KS have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

32.7% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Elsmore, KS (18 out of 55 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 12 - 14, followed by Males 16 - 17 and then Females 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Elsmore, KS is White, followed by Black and Native American.

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.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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