| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 785 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:15 PM |
| Population: | 5,763 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 20181 |
| Land Area: | 976 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 39.3611, -101.7675 |
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5,763 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 976 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 6,017 to 5,763 from 2014 to 2024 — a -4.2% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 67733 (Edson, $95,938 median) and poorest ZIP 67741 (Kanorado, $44,958) are 25.1 miles apart — a 2.1× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.2× across this county — from $116,300 in 67741 (Kanorado) to $136,400 in 67735 (Goodland).
Density varies 21× across the county — from 0 people/sq mi in 67733 (Edson) to 9 in 67735 (Goodland).
Educational attainment ranges from 10.1% bachelor's+ in 67741 (Kanorado) to 25.0% in 67735 (Goodland) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Kansas, this is the #60 most populous of 106 counties and ranks #51 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $60,812 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
24.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (896 of 3,721 reporting).
3 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.