Gas vs Humboldt

A side-by-side comparison of Gas and Humboldt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Humboldt has the higher population (1,956 vs 581 in Gas). Gas has the higher median household income ($56,667 vs $43,558 in Humboldt). Humboldt has the higher median home value ($91,600 vs $71,900 in Gas).

Population, income & housing

	Gas	Humboldt
Population	581	1,956
Median age	46.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,667	$43,558
Median home value	$71,900	$91,600
Median gross rent	$708	$552
Housing units	249	943
Homeownership rate	75.0%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	17.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gas	Humboldt
Population	510 → 581 (+13.9%)	1,880 → 1,956 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$51,103 → $56,667 (+10.9%)	$42,077 → $43,558 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $71,900 (-1.9%)	$62,700 → $91,600 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $708 (-10.8%)	$660 → $552 (-16.4%)

Gas

Population

510581

Median household income

$51,103$56,667

Median home value

$73,300$71,900

Median gross rent

$794$708

Humboldt

Population

1,8801,956

Median household income

$42,077$43,558

Median home value

$62,700$91,600

Median gross rent

$660$552

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gas	Humboldt
Under 5	6.0%	10.1%
5 to 17	10.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	13.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	8.1%
35 to 44	7.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	17.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	7.2%	15.4%
65 to 74	21.0%	12.4%
75 and over	5.2%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gas	Humboldt
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gas	Humboldt
No high school diploma	5.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	30.7%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gas	Humboldt
Drove alone	84.4%	84.6%
Carpooled	10.9%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gas	Humboldt
1-unit, detached	64.7%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	30.5%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Gas	Humboldt
Poverty rate	16.2%	25.1%
Average household size	2.85	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1975	1954