| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 785 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:14 PM |
| Population: | 5,265 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 20137 |
| Land Area: | 905 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 3 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 39.7512, -99.9330 |
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5,265 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 905 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 5,724 to 5,265 from 2014 to 2024 — a -8.0% change. 0 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 67622 (Almena, $66,324 median) and poorest ZIP 67645 (Lenora, $48,750) are 19.4 miles apart — a 1.4× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.8× across this county — from $81,900 in 67645 (Lenora) to $147,200 in 67622 (Almena).
Density varies 7× across the county — from 2 people/sq mi in 67645 (Lenora) to 11 in 67654 (Norton).
Educational attainment ranges from 20.3% bachelor's+ in 67654 (Norton) to 31.1% in 67622 (Almena) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Kansas, this is the #64 most populous of 106 counties and ranks #83 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $55,508 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
22.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (879 of 3,950 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.
Norton County lost 8.0% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: