| ZIP Codes: | 6 ZIP Codes (6 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 620 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:14 PM |
| Population: | 15,701 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 20133 |
| Land Area: | 576 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 5 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 37.5576, -95.3109 |
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15,701 residents live across 6 ZIPs covering 576 sq mi, served by 6 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 16,390 to 15,701 from 2014 to 2024 — a -4.2% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 66771 (Saint Paul, $70,625 median) and poorest ZIP 66733 (Erie, $52,667) are 9.9 miles apart — a 1.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.3× across this county — from $93,700 in 66720 (Chanute) to $219,300 in 66740 (Galesburg).
Density varies 9× across the county — from 6 people/sq mi in 66740 (Galesburg) to 53 in 66720 (Chanute).
Educational attainment ranges from 5.3% bachelor's+ in 66775 (Stark) to 28.2% in 66771 (Saint Paul) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Kansas, this is the #33 most populous of 106 counties and ranks #86 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $57,454 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
24.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (2,536 of 10,432 reporting).
6 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.