Bourbon County, Kansas

Bourbon County has a population of 14,394 and has shrunk 0.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $113,800, about 1.9 times the county's median household income of $59,238.

Home price
$113,800
Income
$59,238
Population
14,394
Unemployment
5.3%

Housing

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

Median home price$113,800county
Median gross rent$752county
Median year homes here were built1957county
Share of homes built before 198072.8%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile8.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant13.6%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented26.0%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use4.0%county
Typical monthly rent$1,380(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$936county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$713county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,122county
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$59,238county
Family health premium / yr$24,220(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,105(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate13.6%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 home11.1%county
Unemployment rate5.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force61.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed9.3%county
Share of workers employed by government15.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.7%county
Economic output per resident$52,002county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.57%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 time19.6 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service50 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport18362county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.5 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 station76 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.2%county
Traffic deaths6.9county
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 higher23.9%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.8%county
Public schools in the county7county
Public school enrollment2172county
Students per full-time teacher12.3county
Free lunch eligible57.3%county
Elementary schools3county
Middle schools1county
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 institution21 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians42county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter8.1 µgcounty
Without health insurance8.3%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.8%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year8.9%county
Frequent mental distress18.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity30.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.6%county

Place

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

Population14,394county
Land area in square miles635county
People per square mile of land22.7county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store9.9%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-0.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age39.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1825.0%county
Share of residents 65 and over20.0%county
Share of households that are one person29.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.8%county
Second languages3.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls52.9%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents327county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-8county
Households that moved in309county
Households that moved away314county
Average income of arriving households$40,288county
Average income of departing households$36,990county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes2county
Housing units authorised in the latest year10county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings40.3%(statewide)
Violent crime rate439(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature57.4°Fcounty
Annual precipitation42.1 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.34 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F36 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing90 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days205 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 7county
Average first fall frostOct 29county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$126county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh13.7¢county
Household electricity use924 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.23(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity30.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas50.6%county
Homes heated by propane13.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood4.5%county
Households with broadband87.6%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk40.1county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk76.6county
Landslide risk44.2county
Hail risk88.7county
Earthquake risk42.8county
Tornado risk43.7county
Tropical cyclone risk23.7county
Extreme heat risk63.7county
Winter weather risk72.4county
Strong wind risk59.6county
Wildfire risk44.8county

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 Bourbon 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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