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Population (year 2000): 442. Estimated
population in July 2005: 425 (-3.8% change)
Males: 235 (53.2%), Females: 207 (46.8%)
Wabaunsee County
Zip code:
66834
Median resident age: 41.1 years
Median household income: $32,159 (year 2000)
Median house value: $44,400 (year 2000)
Races in Alta Vista:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.9%)
- Hispanic (4.1%)
- American Indian (1.6%)
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander (0.7%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (36.0%), Irish (12.4%),
English (8.4%), Swedish (7.5%), United States (7.0%),
Scotch-Irish (4.3%).
Elevation: 1437 feet
Land area: 0.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Alta Vista
- High school or higher: 78.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.0%
- Unemployed: 1.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 27.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Alta Vista city
- Never married: 23.4%
- Now married: 52.7%
- Separated: 2.2%
- Widowed: 9.6%
- Divorced: 12.1%
1.1% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -37 (-7.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Alta Vista:
- MORRIS COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; COUNCIL
GROVE, KS)
- MANHATTAN SURGICAL HOSPITAL LLC (about 23 miles;
MANHATTAN, KS)
- MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; MANHATTAN, KS)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Alta
Vista:
- MANHATTAN RGNL (about 23 miles; MANHATTAN, KS; ID:
MHK)
- FORBES FIELD (about 59 miles; TOPEKA, KS; ID: FOE)
- SALINA MUNI (about 81 miles; SALINA, KS; ID: SLN)
Other public-use airports nearest to Alta Vista:
- COUNCIL GROVE MUNI (about 15 miles; COUNCIL GROVE,
KS; ID: K63)
- HERINGTON REGIONAL (about 25 miles; HERINGTON, KS;
ID: HRU)
- FREEMAN FIELD (about 27 miles; JUNCTION CITY, KS;
ID: 3JC)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Alta Vista:
- KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 24 miles; MANHATTAN,
KS; Full-time enrollment: 19,210)
- EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 38 miles; EMPORIA,
KS; FT enrollment: 4,528)
- WASHBURN UNIVERSITY OF TOPEKA (about 52 miles;
TOPEKA, KS; FT enrollment: 4,472)
- BUTLER COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 76 miles; EL
DORADO, KS; FT enrollment: 4,250)
- UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MAIN CAMPUS (about 85 miles;
LAWRENCE, KS; FT enrollment: 22,506)
- FRIENDS UNIVERSITY (about 102 miles; WICHITA, KS; FT
enrollment: 2,983)
- WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 106 miles; WICHITA,
KS; FT enrollment: 10,403)
Public primary/middle school in Alta Vista:
- PRAIRIE HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 83;
Location: 801 CENTER; Grades: 05 - 08)
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