| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 785 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:53:28 PM |
| Population: | 7,988 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 20027 |
| Land Area: | 689 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 5 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 39.3227, -97.1609 |
| Quick Link: |
7,988 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 689 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 8,312 to 7,988 from 2014 to 2024 — a -3.9% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 67432 (Clay Center, $70,275 median) and poorest ZIP 67468 (Morganville, $58,068) are 9.8 miles apart — a 1.2× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 3.0× across this county — from $74,300 in 67468 (Morganville) to $219,400 in 67458 (Longford).
Density varies 6× across the county — from 3 people/sq mi in 67447 (Green) to 15 in 67432 (Clay Center).
Educational attainment ranges from 12.0% bachelor's+ in 67458 (Longford) to 34.7% in 67447 (Green) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Kansas, this is the #48 most populous of 106 counties and ranks #60 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $68,969 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
25.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,443 of 5,620 reporting).
5 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.