Kansas vs Metcalf

A side-by-side comparison of Kansas and Metcalf: population, income, housing, and more.

Kansas and Metcalf are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kansas has the higher population (905 vs 151 in Metcalf). Kansas has the higher median household income ($65,515 vs $54,405 in Metcalf). Kansas has the higher median home value ($66,300 vs $55,000 in Metcalf).

Population, income & housing

	Kansas	Metcalf
Population	905	151
Median age	44.0 yrs	49.8 yrs
Median household income	$65,515	$54,405
Median home value	$66,300	$55,000
Median gross rent	$723	—
Housing units	403	93
Homeownership rate	67.3%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	1.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	29.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kansas	Metcalf
Population	689 → 905 (+31.3%)	186 → 151 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$32,750 → $65,515 (+100.0%)	$34,583 → $54,405 (+57.3%)
Median home value	$57,700 → $66,300 (+14.9%)	$27,500 → $55,000 (+100.0%)
Median gross rent	$322 → $723 (+124.5%)	$572 → $623 (+8.9%)

Kansas

Population

689905

Median household income

$32,750$65,515

Median home value

$57,700$66,300

Median gross rent

$322$723

Metcalf

Population

186151

Median household income

$34,583$54,405

Median home value

$27,500$55,000

Median gross rent

$572$623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kansas	Metcalf
Under 5	1.8%	0.7%
5 to 17	25.1%	11.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	19.1%	8.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	18.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	7.3%
65 to 74	14.3%	35.1%
75 and over	3.3%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kansas	Metcalf
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	94.7%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kansas	Metcalf
No high school diploma	8.3%	19.5%
High school graduate	38.9%	63.4%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	1.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kansas	Metcalf
Drove alone	85.2%	73.1%
Carpooled	1.7%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	5.8%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kansas	Metcalf
1-unit, detached	84.4%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	11.8%

Poverty & households

	Kansas	Metcalf
Poverty rate	19.1%	4.0%
Average household size	2.45	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	27	41
Median year structure built	1957	1938