Allen County, Kansas

Allen County has a population of 12,483 and has shrunk 1.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $107,600, about 1.8 times the county's median household income of $60,689.

Home price
$107,600
Income
$60,689
Population
12,483
Unemployment
7.9%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$107,600county
Median gross rent$720county
Median year homes here were built1965county
Share of homes built before 198072.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile9.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant17.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented24.6%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.8%county
Typical monthly rent$1,380(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$877county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$727county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,216county
Home insurance / yr$5,260(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living88.8(statewide)
Median household income$60,689county
Family health premium / yr$24,220(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,105(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate9.9%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home6.9%county
Unemployment rate7.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed9.0%county
Share of workers employed by government23.3%county
Share of workers in the largest industry27.5%county
Economic output per resident$56,315county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.67%county
Top state income tax5.58%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.58%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.71%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time18.4 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service70 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport18362county
Miles to nearest general aviation field2.2 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station75 micounty
Households without a vehicle7.7%county
Traffic deaths48.1county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-4.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher22.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.1%county
Public schools in the county8county
Public school enrollment2084county
Students per full-time teacher12.0county
Free lunch eligible56.6%county
Elementary schools3county
Middle schools2county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution49 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians64county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter8.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance9.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year8.2%county
Frequent mental distress17.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity30.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.4%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population12,483county
Land area in square miles500county
People per square mile of land25.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store10.9%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract30.4%county
Population change since 2020-1.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age41.2 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.5%county
Share of residents 65 and over21.0%county
Share of households that are one person30.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.2%county
Second languages2.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls42.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents295county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-2county
Households that moved in290county
Households that moved away298county
Average income of arriving households$43,986county
Average income of departing households$41,285county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year25county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings8.0%county
Violent crime rate439(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature57°Fcounty
Annual precipitation41.4 incounty
Annual snowfall15.4 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.37 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F34 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing88 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days199 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 10county
Average first fall frostOct 26county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$125county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh14.3¢county
Household electricity use876 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.23(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity27.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas58.2%county
Homes heated by propane10.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood2.3%county
Households with broadband84.4%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk26.3county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk55.9county
Landslide risk14.4county
Hail risk44.0county
Earthquake risk28.8county
Tornado risk35.3county
Tropical cyclone risk16.8county
Extreme heat risk54.4county
Winter weather risk58.1county
Strong wind risk45.5county
Wildfire risk22.4county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Allen County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Kansas figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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