Life Skills and Money Education in Crawford County, Kansas

Crawford County, Kansas is home to about 38,904 people, among the larger counties in Kansas, ranking 11th of 105 by population. The population has barely moved since 2020 — a change of under one percent over four years. The median age is 33.8.

Among adults 25 and older in Crawford County, 32% hold a bachelor's degree or higher. That runs 11.8 points above the Kansas average of 20.2%. Flip that figure and it describes 68% of the 23,422 adults 25 and over counted in the 2019–2023 ACS, about 15,927 people whose money skills came from somewhere other than a university.

Median household income is $50,311. That is $9,377 below the Kansas median. Roughly 20.8% of residents live below the poverty line, which puts real weight on decisions about credit, rent and emergency savings. The median home is valued at $122,400, roughly 2.4× median household income.

Crawford County by the numbers

Measure	Value
Population (2024)	38,904
Change since 2020	-0.1%
Median household income	$50,311
Adults 25+ with a bachelor’s degree	32%
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma	94.2%
Median age	33.8
Poverty rate	20.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%
Median home value	$122,400
Land area	589.771 sq mi
Population density	66 / sq mi

What Kansas teaches — and to whom

Kansas has committed to 1 semester of personal finance as a graduation requirement, phasing in with the class of 2027 — so today's middle schoolers will be the first cohort held to it. That covers students still in the system. It does nothing for the adults already out of it — which, in Crawford County, is most of the people reading this.

LearnLife organises this the way the decisions actually arrive: Emotional regulation — the self-management that decides whether the other skills ever get used; Money — budgeting, credit, debt and taxes — the mechanics nobody is formally taught; Legal literacy — leases, contracts, employment rights and what a signature actually commits you to.

Where to start in Crawford County

Build a buffer before anything else

With 20.8% of Crawford County living below the poverty line, the single highest-return skill here is cash-flow control: knowing what actually lands each month, what leaves automatically, and how to build even a small buffer between the two. A few hundred dollars of slack is the difference between a car repair being an inconvenience and it being a payday loan.

Questions people ask about Crawford County

Do high school students in Crawford County, Kansas have to take a personal finance class?

Yes — Kansas has adopted a standalone requirement, phasing in with the graduating class of 2027. Students graduating before then are not covered.

How many adults in Crawford County, Kansas have a college degree?

32% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor's degree or higher, based on the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey. The remaining 68% are managing their finances without one.

What is the median household income in Crawford County, Kansas?

$50,311, per the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey.

Where can adults in Crawford County, Kansas learn personal finance?

Graduation requirements only ever reach people still in school. For adults, LearnLife covers the same ground on demand — money, legal literacy and the self-management that decides whether either gets used.

Start with whichever one is costing you money right now.

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Population and demographic figures: U.S. Census Bureau — 2024 Gazetteer, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates, and the American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates. Graduation-requirement status: NGPF Live U.S. Dashboard, read 2026-09-14. Figures marked as unavailable are suppressed by the Census Bureau for small populations.