| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 785 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:53:33 PM |
| Population: | 1,480 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 20199 |
| Land Area: | 1,024 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 0 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 38.9060, -101.7658 |
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1,480 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 1,024 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 1,629 to 1,480 from 2014 to 2024 — a -9.1% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 67762 (Weskan, $74,844 median) and poorest ZIP 67758 (Sharon Springs, $58,500) are 9.5 miles apart — a 1.3× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.2× across this county — from $74,300 in 67761 (Wallace) to $166,700 in 67762 (Weskan).
Density varies 5× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 67761 (Wallace) to 2 in 67758 (Sharon Springs).
Educational attainment ranges from 21.2% bachelor's+ in 67758 (Sharon Springs) to 37.8% in 67762 (Weskan) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Kansas, this is the #103 most populous of 106 counties and ranks #41 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $63,612 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
25.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (263 of 1,032 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.
Wallace County lost 9.1% of residents between 2014 and 2024.