Atchison is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Atchison enrolled in college, Atchison has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.06 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Atchison does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Atchison who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.21% of adults in Atchison have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Atchison in 2022 was $23,336, which is low income relative to Kansas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $93,344 for a family of four. However, Atchison contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Atchison is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Atchison home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Atchison residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Atchison include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Atchison is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
