Ellsworth, Kansas demographics

Ellsworth, KS demographics: median age 41.5; 17.7% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Ellsworth city, Kansas · Incorporated city · GEOID 2020500. The survey estimates a population of 3,108 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Ellsworth is 41.5 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.8 years. There are 1,006 households (±68). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe City estimate ± MOE State estimate ± MOE U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years 41.5 ±1.8 37.4 ±0.1 38.9 ±0.1
Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 3,108
Category Count ± MOE Share ± MOE (pp) Kansas U.S.
Under 18 456 ±79 14.7% ±2.5 pp 23.8% 22.0%
18–34 756 ±136 24.3% ±4.4 pp 23.1% 22.8%
35–64 1,359 ±161 43.7% ±5.2 pp 36.2% 38.0%
65 and older 537 ±108 17.3% ±3.5 pp 17.0% 17.2%
Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 3,108
Category Count ± MOE Share ± MOE (pp) Kansas U.S.
Male 1,910 ±75 61.5% ±2.4 pp 50.2% 49.5%
Female 1,198 ±76 38.5% ±2.4 pp 49.8% 50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 3,108
Category Count ± MOE Share ± MOE (pp) Kansas U.S.
White alone 2,484 ±110 79.9% ±3.5 pp 76.0% 61.0%
Black or African American alone 201 ±99 6.5% ±3.2 pp 5.3% 12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone 9 ±16 · low precision 0.3% ±0.5 pp · low precision 0.8% 0.9%
Asian alone 29 ±37 · low precision 0.9% ±1.2 pp · low precision 2.9% 6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone 0 ±11 · low precision 0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision 0.1% 0.2%
Some other race alone 24 ±22 · low precision 0.8% ±0.7 pp · low precision 4.2% 7.1%
Two or more races 361 ±130 11.6% ±4.2 pp 10.6% 12.6%
Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 3,108
Category Count ± MOE Share ± MOE (pp) Kansas U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino 2,856 ±78 91.9% ±2.4 pp 86.4% 80.7%
Hispanic or Latino 252 ±77 8.1% ±2.5 pp 13.6% 19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 1,006
Category Count ± MOE Share ± MOE (pp) Kansas U.S.
Married-couple family 577 ±92 57.4% ±8.3 pp 49.1% 46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present 49 ±45 · low precision 4.9% ±4.5 pp · low precision 4.5% 5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present 66 ±35 · low precision 6.6% ±3.5 pp · low precision 9.8% 12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone 287 ±80 28.5% ±7.7 pp 30.0% 28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone 27 ±22 · low precision 2.7% ±2.2 pp · low precision 6.5% 7.0%
Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 1,006
Category Count ± MOE Share ± MOE (pp) Kansas U.S.
Households with people under 18 339 ±66 33.7% ±6.2 pp 30.1% 29.5%
Households without people under 18 667 ±83 66.3% ±6.9 pp 69.9% 70.5%
Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 1,006
Category Count ± MOE Share ± MOE (pp) Kansas U.S.
One-person nonfamily households 287 ±80 28.5% ±7.7 pp 30.0% 28.7%
Two-person households 392 ±98 39.0% ±9.3 pp 35.2% 33.8%
Three-person households 73 ±35 7.3% ±3.4 pp 13.7% 15.3%
Four-person households 177 ±56 17.6% ±5.4 pp 11.7% 12.6%
Five-person households 38 ±29 · low precision 3.8% ±2.9 pp · low precision 5.7% 5.9%
Six-person households 6 ±14 · low precision 0.6% ±1.4 pp · low precision 2.4% 2.2%
Seven or more people 33 ±52 · low precision 3.3% ±5.2 pp · low precision 1.3% 1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 3,108
Category Count ± MOE Share ± MOE (pp) Kansas U.S.
Native 3,034 ±56 97.6% ±1.7 pp 92.6% 85.9%
Foreign born 74 ±54 · low precision 2.4% ±1.7 pp · low precision 7.4% 14.1%
Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 2,991
Category Count ± MOE Share ± MOE (pp) Kansas U.S.
English only 2,857 ±72 95.5% ±2.0 pp 87.9% 77.7%
Spanish 113 ±58 · low precision 3.8% ±1.9 pp · low precision 8.1% 13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun 0 ±11 · low precision 0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision 0.2% 0.7%
German or other West Germanic 21 ±27 · low precision 0.7% ±0.9 pp · low precision 0.4% 0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 0 ±11 · low precision 0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision 0.2% 0.7%
Other Indo-European 0 ±11 · low precision 0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision 0.6% 2.0%
Korean 0 ±11 · low precision 0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision 0.1% 0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese 0 ±11 · low precision 0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision 0.4% 1.1%
Vietnamese 0 ±11 · low precision 0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision 0.4% 0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino 0 ±11 · low precision 0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision 0.2% 0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island 0 ±11 · low precision 0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision 0.8% 1.1%
Arabic 0 ±11 · low precision 0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision 0.2% 0.5%
Other and unspecified 0 ±11 · low precision 0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision 0.5% 0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 2,515
Category Count ± MOE Share ± MOE (pp) Kansas U.S.
Less than high school graduate 178 ±80 7.1% ±3.2 pp 8.0% 10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency 960 ±183 38.2% ±7.1 pp 25.4% 26.0%
Some college, no degree 743 ±159 29.5% ±6.2 pp 21.8% 19.1%
Associate’s degree 188 ±65 7.5% ±2.6 pp 9.1% 8.8%
Bachelor’s degree 351 ±89 14.0% ±3.5 pp 22.2% 21.6%
Graduate or professional degree 95 ±41 3.8% ±1.6 pp 13.4% 14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 3,084
Category Count ± MOE Share ± MOE (pp) Kansas U.S.
Same house 2,694 ±164 87.4% ±5.3 pp 85.7% 87.7%
Moved within same county 115 ±70 · low precision 3.7% ±2.3 pp · low precision 7.5% 6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state 208 ±163 · low precision 6.7% ±5.3 pp · low precision 3.2% 3.1%
Moved from a different state 67 ±51 · low precision 2.2% ±1.7 pp · low precision 3.0% 2.3%
Moved from abroad 0 ±11 · low precision 0.0% ±0.4 pp · low precision 0.5% 0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

2.5% of Ellsworth residents (±1.9 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 8.8% in Kansas and 8.4% nationally. 86.3% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure Ellsworth Kansas U.S. Compared with Kansas
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population 2.5% ±1.9 pp · low precision 8.8% 8.4% Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households 86.3% ±4.6 pp 90.7% 91.0% Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older 7.1% ±3.8 pp · low precision 6.8% 6.2% Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Ellsworth . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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