| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (5 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 785 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:15 PM |
| Population: | 7,607 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 20193 |
| Land Area: | 1,287 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 39.4221, -101.0547 |
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7,607 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 1,287 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 7,930 to 7,607 from 2014 to 2024 — a -4.1% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 67701 (Colby, $70,250 median) and poorest ZIP 67743 (Levant, $56,910) are 11.1 miles apart — a 1.2× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.4× across this county — from $122,800 in 67753 (Rexford) to $177,300 in 67701 (Colby).
Density varies 12× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 67743 (Levant) to 14 in 67701 (Colby).
Educational attainment ranges from 17.2% bachelor's+ in 67743 (Levant) to 38.3% in 67701 (Colby) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Kansas, this is the #49 most populous of 106 counties and ranks #69 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $68,967 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
35.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,650 of 4,687 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.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.