Gas vs La Harpe

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

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

Gas has the higher population (581 vs 424 in La Harpe). Gas has the higher median household income ($56,667 vs $43,167 in La Harpe). Gas has the higher median home value ($71,900 vs $54,900 in La Harpe).

Population, income & housing

	Gas	La Harpe
Population	581	424
Median age	46.3 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,667	$43,167
Median home value	$71,900	$54,900
Median gross rent	$708	$655
Housing units	249	283
Homeownership rate	75.0%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gas	La Harpe
Population	510 → 581 (+13.9%)	506 → 424 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$51,103 → $56,667 (+10.9%)	$36,731 → $43,167 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $71,900 (-1.9%)	$54,400 → $54,900 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $708 (-10.8%)	$715 → $655 (-8.4%)

Gas

Population

510581

Median household income

$51,103$56,667

Median home value

$73,300$71,900

Median gross rent

$794$708

La Harpe

Population

506424

Median household income

$36,731$43,167

Median home value

$54,400$54,900

Median gross rent

$715$655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gas	La Harpe
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.2%	10.6%
18 to 24	13.1%	13.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	4.2%
35 to 44	7.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	17.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	7.2%	17.0%
65 to 74	21.0%	27.1%
75 and over	5.2%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gas	La Harpe
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gas	La Harpe
No high school diploma	5.8%	15.2%
High school graduate	30.7%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	47.4%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gas	La Harpe
Drove alone	84.4%	82.7%
Carpooled	10.9%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gas	La Harpe
1-unit, detached	64.7%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.5%	44.2%

Poverty & households

	Gas	La Harpe
Poverty rate	16.2%	8.3%
Average household size	2.85	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1975	1981