Humboldt vs La Harpe

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

Humboldt and La Harpe 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 424 in La Harpe). Humboldt has the higher median household income ($43,558 vs $43,167 in La Harpe). Humboldt has the higher median home value ($91,600 vs $54,900 in La Harpe).

Population, income & housing

	Humboldt	La Harpe
Population	1,956	424
Median age	43.6 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,558	$43,167
Median home value	$91,600	$54,900
Median gross rent	$552	$655
Housing units	943	283
Homeownership rate	79.6%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Humboldt	La Harpe
Population	1,880 → 1,956 (+4.0%)	506 → 424 (-16.2%)
Median household income	$42,077 → $43,558 (+3.5%)	$36,731 → $43,167 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$62,700 → $91,600 (+46.1%)	$54,400 → $54,900 (+0.9%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $552 (-16.4%)	$715 → $655 (-8.4%)

Humboldt

Population

1,8801,956

Median household income

$42,077$43,558

Median home value

$62,700$91,600

Median gross rent

$660$552

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)

	Humboldt	La Harpe
Under 5	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.8%	10.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	13.4%
25 to 34	8.1%	4.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	17.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	27.1%
75 and over	6.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Humboldt	La Harpe
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	94.1%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	2.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Humboldt	La Harpe
No high school diploma	7.4%	15.2%
High school graduate	34.0%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.2%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Humboldt	La Harpe
Drove alone	84.6%	82.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Humboldt	La Harpe
1-unit, detached	83.8%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	44.2%

Poverty & households

	Humboldt	La Harpe
Poverty rate	25.1%	8.3%
Average household size	2.50	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1954	1981