| ZIP Codes: | 2 ZIP Codes (2 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 620 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:53:30 PM |
| Population: | 3,723 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 20093 |
| Land Area: | 659 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 38.0489, -101.2323 |
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3,723 residents live across 2 ZIPs covering 659 sq mi, served by 2 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 3,831 to 3,723 from 2014 to 2024 — a -2.8% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 1 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 67860 (Lakin, $88,264 median) and poorest ZIP 67838 (Deerfield, $81,563) are 11.6 miles apart — a 1.1× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.1× across this county — from $194,400 in 67860 (Lakin) to $215,300 in 67838 (Deerfield).
Density varies 2× across the county — from 5 people/sq mi in 67860 (Lakin) to 9 in 67838 (Deerfield).
Educational attainment ranges from 15.6% bachelor's+ in 67860 (Lakin) to 28.6% in 67838 (Deerfield) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Kansas, this is the #74 most populous of 106 counties and ranks #5 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $86,536 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
18.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (447 of 2,376 reporting).
2 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.