| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 785 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:12 PM |
| Population: | 2,959 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 20063 |
| Land Area: | 1,029 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 39.0139, -100.4319 |
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2,959 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 1,029 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 2,944 to 2,959 from 2014 to 2024 — a +0.5% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 67752 (Quinter, $74,861 median) and poorest ZIP 67737 (Grainfield, $52,917) are 13.7 miles apart — a 1.4× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.8× across this county — from $98,800 in 67736 (Gove) to $175,000 in 67737 (Grainfield).
Educational attainment ranges from 12.7% bachelor's+ in 67751 (Park) to 32.1% in 67736 (Gove) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Kansas, this is the #81 most populous of 106 counties and ranks #70 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $68,807 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
22.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (459 of 2,036 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.