Saline County, Kansas

Saline County has a population of 53,668 and has shrunk 1.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $179,600, about 2.8 times the county's median household income of $65,422.

Home price
$179,600
Income
$65,422
Population
53,668
Unemployment
4.8%

Housing

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

Median home price$179,600county
Median gross rent$961county
Median year homes here were built1966county
Share of homes built before 198070.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile2.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant6.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented32.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,018county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,009county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$770county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,222county
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$65,422county
Family health premium / yr$24,220(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,105(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate11.9%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 home6.8%county
Unemployment rate4.8%county
Share of adults in the labor force67.0%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.2%county
Share of workers employed by government17.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry30.8%county
Economic output per resident$72,209county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.31%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 time15.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service3.0 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport23456county
Miles to nearest general aviation field20 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station55 micounty
Households without a vehicle7.0%county
Traffic deaths41.0county
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 higher29.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.4%county
Public schools in the county16county
Public school enrollment7530county
Students per full-time teacher13.0county
Free lunch eligible58.3%county
Elementary schools10county
Middle schools2county
High schools4county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public50.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution0.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians97county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter7.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance11.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.0%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.6%county
Frequent mental distress15.1%county
No leisure-time physical activity25.6%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.2%county

Place

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

Population53,668county
Land area in square miles720county
People per square mile of land74.5county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store10.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-1.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age39.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.7%county
Share of residents 65 and over18.8%county
Share of households that are one person34.4%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.6%county
Second languages7.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls43.4%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents153county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents0county
Households that moved in1,247county
Households that moved away1,405county
Average income of arriving households$46,574county
Average income of departing households$52,274county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year107county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate439(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature56.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation31.2 incounty
Annual snowfall21.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.51 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F58 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing100 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days186 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 18county
Average first fall frostOct 20county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$111county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh12.9¢county
Household electricity use866 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.23(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity26.1%county
Homes heated by utility gas62.8%county
Homes heated by propane8.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood1.1%county
Households with broadband90.0%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk58.8county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk47.4county
Landslide risk14.4county
Hail risk85.7county
Earthquake risk34.3county
Tornado risk91.4county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk77.9county
Winter weather risk93.7county
Strong wind risk67.2county
Wildfire risk82.4county

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 Saline 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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