| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 785 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:53:33 PM |
| Population: | 2,472 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 20195 |
| Land Area: | 616 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 5 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 38.9974, -99.9167 |
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2,472 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 616 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 2,836 to 2,472 from 2014 to 2024 — a -12.8% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 67672 (Wakeeney, $83,917 median) and poorest ZIP 67656 (Ogallah, $73,542) are 9.2 miles apart — a 1.1× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.4× across this county — from $88,200 in 67631 (Collyer) to $209,300 in 67656 (Ogallah).
Density varies 12× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 67631 (Collyer) to 7 in 67672 (Wakeeney).
Educational attainment ranges from 16.0% bachelor's+ in 67631 (Collyer) to 31.0% in 67672 (Wakeeney) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Kansas, this is the #92 most populous of 106 counties and ranks #12 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $82,925 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
29.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (549 of 1,851 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.
Trego County lost 12.8% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: