| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 785 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:11 PM |
| Population: | 2,771 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 20039 |
| Land Area: | 917 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 1 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 39.7343, -100.3526 |
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2,771 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 917 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 2,907 to 2,771 from 2014 to 2024 — a -4.7% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 67749 (Oberlin, $54,000 median) and poorest ZIP 67653 (Norcatur, $53,281) are 17.5 miles apart — a 1.0× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 3.0× across this county — from $47,000 in 67643 (Jennings) to $141,300 in 67635 (Dresden).
Density varies 4× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 67643 (Jennings) to 5 in 67749 (Oberlin).
Educational attainment ranges from 5.4% bachelor's+ in 67635 (Dresden) to 32.9% in 67643 (Jennings) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Kansas, this is the #85 most populous of 106 counties and ranks #106 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $53,932 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
26.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (575 of 2,143 reporting).
4 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.