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Plains city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Plains city is a Census city of 1,171 people across 1.00 square miles of land, in Meade County. Median household income is $71,136, 72.7 percent of occupied homes are owned.
50 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Plains
What Plains is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,172
- County holding the largest share of its areaMeade County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plains
How many people live in Plains
- Population1,171
- Median age26.6
- Population under 18393 plus or minus 81
- Share under 1833.6 percent
- Population 65 and over100 plus or minus 36
- Share 65 and over8.5 percent plus or minus 2.7
- Households388
- Family households275 plus or minus 65
- Share of households that are families70.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plains
Income and work in Plains
- Median household income$71,136
- Per capita income$27,625
- Civilian labor force565
- Employed549
- Unemployed16 plus or minus 16
- Unemployment rate2.8 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Adults 25 and over617
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher79.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.1 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.2 percent plus or minus 6.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plains
Housing in Plains
- Housing units471
- Occupied units388
- Vacant units83 plus or minus 38
- Vacancy rate17.6 percent plus or minus 7.6
- Owner occupied282 plus or minus 67
- Renter occupied106 plus or minus 37
- Ownership rate72.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$151,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$778
- Annual rent as a share of median income13.1 percent
- Single family units368
- Share single family78.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more21 plus or minus 19
- Share in buildings of two or more4.5 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Mobile homes82 plus or minus 35
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Plains
How Plains gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute513
- Commuting under 15 minutes310 plus or minus 74
- Share commuting under 15 minutes60.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more99 plus or minus 42
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more19.3 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Drove alone79.7 percent
- Carpooled16.0 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home4.3 percent plus or minus 5.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Meade County, not Plains
Meade County context, not Plains figures
These are Meade County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Plains measurements.
- Establishments in Meade County124
- Employment at those establishments, Meade County790
- Covered employment, Meade County1,544
- Average annual pay, Meade County$52,614
- Average weekly wage, Meade County$1,012
- Housing units permitted, Meade County0
- Of those, single family, Meade County0
- County product, 2024, Meade County$318,214,000
- County product change over the prior year, Meade County14.2 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Meade County$44,919
Every figure in this section is published for Meade County as a whole and is not a measurement of Plains. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Plains questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Plains, Kansas?
1,171, in 388 households. Plains city covers 1.00 square miles of land, which is 1,172 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Plains in?
Meade County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Plains?
$71,136. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $151,400. Median gross rent is $778 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Plains figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Meade County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Plains.
Is zoning published for Plains?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.