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.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Atchison spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 19.06 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.
Atchison is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Atchison is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 27.21% of adults 25 and older in the city 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.
