Demographics of Wabaunsee County, Kansas

Wabaunsee County, Kansas had 7,018 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +123 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Wabaunsee County, in four figures

7,018
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; +1.8%
Change since July 2020: +123 people.; 43.3 ±0.7
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $76,908 ±$7,700
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Wabaunsee County, Kansas's population grew 1.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Wabaunsee County, Kansas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Wabaunsee County, Kansas's population grew 1.8% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Wabaunsee County, Kansas's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	6,895	100.0	100.0
2021	6,976	101.2	100.2
2022	7,005	101.6	100.7
2023	7,081	102.7	101.6
2024	7,079	102.7	102.5
2025	7,018	101.8	103.1

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Population of Wabaunsee County, Kansas on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	6,895	+15	+11	0	+2
2021	6,976	+81	−4	+2	+83
2022	7,005	+29	−17	+3	+46
2023	7,081	+76	+23	+8	+45
2024	7,079	−2	−7	+4	+2
2025	7,018	−61	−7	+4	−58

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 43.3 ±0.7: for men 41.7 ±1.7 and for women 45.0 ±0.8. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Wabaunsee County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Under 5	383 ±18	5.5% ±0.3	6.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,210 ±108	17.3% ±1.5	17.8% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	567 ±76	8.1% ±1.1	10.2% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	1,496 ±92	21.3% ±1.3	25.8% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,839 ±118	26.2% ±1.7	23.3% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,514 ±190	21.6% ±2.7	17.0% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $76,908 ±$7,700, and income per person $37,237 ±$3,251, in 2024 dollars. The median is $74,275 ±$475 in Kansas and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Wabaunsee County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Kansas	United States
Under $25,000	265 ±59	9.9% ±2.1	13.9% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	462 ±82	17.2% ±3.0	18.9% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	586 ±131	21.8% ±4.8	17.7% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	360 ±88	13.4% ±3.2	13.5% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	627 ±99	23.4% ±3.6	17.7% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	146 ±46	5.4% ±1.7	8.8% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	238 ±106	8.9% ±3.9	9.6% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Wabaunsee County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Kansas	United States
All ages	580 ±122	8.5% ±1.8	11.3% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	125 ±43	8.0% ±2.7	13.1% ±0.4	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	287 ±80	9.0% ±2.5	11.5% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	168 ±49	8.0% ±2.3	9.0% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Wabaunsee County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Wabaunsee County	Kansas	United States
Housing units	3,136 ±40	1,293,635 ±880	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	85.6% ±3.4	90.8% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	14.4% ±3.3	9.2% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	81.1% ±4.4	67.2% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	18.9% ±4.5	32.8% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$177,300 ±$14,601	$217,200 ±$1,343	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$780 ±$124	$1,060 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1964 ±6	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Wabaunsee County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Hispanic or Latino	335 ±0	4.8% ±<0.1	13.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	6,281 ±53	89.6% ±0.8	72.7% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 39	0% to 0.6%	5.2% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	9 to 47	0.1% to 0.7%	2.9% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 3	0% to < 0.1%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 16	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 75	0% to 1.1%	0.4% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	313 ±43	4.5% ±0.6	4.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Wabaunsee County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Kansas	United States
Born in the state	5,203 ±182	74.2% ±2.6	59.2% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,650 ±176	23.5% ±2.5	32.4% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	71 ±35	1.0% ±0.5	1.1% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	85 ±34	1.2% ±0.5	7.4% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	61 ±28	0.9% ±0.4	3.2% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	4 to 44	0.1% to 0.6%	4.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Wabaunsee County among the counties of Kansas

53rd of 105 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the Kansas page.

Counties of Kansas near Wabaunsee County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Clay County	7,990	−1.7%
Thomas County	7,725	−2.5%
Doniphan County	7,594	+1.6%
Kingman County	7,029	−5.4%
Grant County	7,028	−4.1%
Wabaunsee County	7,018	+1.8%
Russell County	6,581	−1.4%
Ellsworth County	6,257	−1.7%
Pawnee County	5,991	−4.2%
Greenwood County	5,826	−2.3%
Sherman County	5,763	−2.4%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 1 Counties in Kansas by homeownership rate
No. 2 Counties in Kansas by per capita income
No. 3 Counties in Kansas by median household income
No. 10 Counties by population growth in Kansas
No. 14 Counties in Kansas by median home value
No. 16 Counties in Kansas by median rent

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026