| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 785 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:53:32 PM |
| Population: | 4,877 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 20163 |
| Land Area: | 936 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 4 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 39.3316, -99.4036 |
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4,877 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 936 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 5,193 to 4,877 from 2014 to 2024 — a -6.1% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 67657 (Palco, $67,292 median) and poorest ZIP 67675 (Woodston, $52,300) are 32.9 miles apart — a 1.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 3.0× across this county — from $38,900 in 67675 (Woodston) to $116,700 in 67632 (Damar).
Density varies 6× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 67675 (Woodston) to 7 in 67663 (Plainville).
Educational attainment ranges from 12.4% bachelor's+ in 67675 (Woodston) to 27.3% in 67663 (Plainville) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Kansas, this is the #68 most populous of 106 counties and ranks #79 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $62,271 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
22.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (810 of 3,573 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.
Rooks County lost 6.1% of residents between 2014 and 2024.