Kansas vs Paris

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

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

Paris has the higher population (8,154 vs 905 in Kansas). Kansas has the higher median household income ($65,515 vs $51,798 in Paris). Paris has the higher median home value ($71,200 vs $66,300 in Kansas).

Population, income & housing

	Kansas	Paris
Population	905	8,154
Median age	44.0 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,515	$51,798
Median home value	$66,300	$71,200
Median gross rent	$723	$755
Housing units	403	4,198
Homeownership rate	67.3%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	16.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kansas	Paris
Population	689 → 905 (+31.3%)	8,372 → 8,154 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$32,750 → $65,515 (+100.0%)	$44,209 → $51,798 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$57,700 → $66,300 (+14.9%)	$74,900 → $71,200 (-4.9%)
Median gross rent	$322 → $723 (+124.5%)	$614 → $755 (+23.0%)

Kansas

Population

689905

Median household income

$32,750$65,515

Median home value

$57,700$66,300

Median gross rent

$322$723

Paris

Population

8,3728,154

Median household income

$44,209$51,798

Median home value

$74,900$71,200

Median gross rent

$614$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kansas	Paris
Under 5	1.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	25.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	7.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	19.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	14.3%	10.8%
75 and over	3.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kansas	Paris
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	95.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kansas	Paris
No high school diploma	8.3%	13.9%
High school graduate	38.9%	44.7%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kansas	Paris
Drove alone	85.2%	83.5%
Carpooled	1.7%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	8.4%	3.2%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kansas	Paris
1-unit, detached	84.4%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Kansas	Paris
Poverty rate	19.1%	11.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	27	15
Median year structure built	1957	1962