Wichita is one of the most attractive larger cities for people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. This makes it a good place to live for young singles in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting their professional careers. Although Wichita is a large city, this demographic is significant enough that young professionals will find many others like themselves here, with really good opportunities for friendships, recreation, romance, and more.
Of the large cities in America, Wichita is one of the most car-oriented. This is reflected in the urban landscape, which features highways, wide streets, parking lots, and shopping centers of all sizes. It is also reflected in the statistics: 80.02% of people in Wichita drive to work in their own car everyday, most often alone. So, if you're going to live in Wichita, you'll need to learn to love driving. Alternative forms of transportation aren't very widely used or supported.
The overall education level of Wichita citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.85% of adults in Wichita have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Wichita in 2022 was $35,958, which is upper middle income relative to Kansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $143,832 for a family of four. However, Wichita contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Wichita is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wichita home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wichita residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wichita also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 18.44% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wichita include German, English, Irish, French, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Wichita is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
