Hazelton vs Medicine Lodge

A side-by-side comparison of Hazelton and Medicine Lodge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Medicine Lodge has the higher population (1,518 vs 89 in Hazelton). Hazelton has the higher median household income ($56,563 vs $54,663 in Medicine Lodge). Since 2019, Medicine Lodge's population has grown faster (-12.0% vs -23.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Hazelton	Medicine Lodge
Population	89	1,518
Median age	58.3 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,563	$54,663
Median home value	—	$80,200
Median gross rent	—	$711
Housing units	49	884
Homeownership rate	85.1%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.5%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazelton	Medicine Lodge
Population	117 → 89 (-23.9%)	1,725 → 1,518 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $56,563 (-7.7%)	$48,306 → $54,663 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $65,000 (+18.2%)	$68,100 → $80,200 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$528 → $711 (+34.7%)

Hazelton

Population

11789

Median household income

$61,250$56,563

Median home value

$55,000$65,000

Medicine Lodge

Population

1,7251,518

Median household income

$48,306$54,663

Median home value

$68,100$80,200

Median gross rent

$528$711

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazelton	Medicine Lodge
Under 5	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 17	23.6%	14.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.1%
25 to 34	6.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	4.5%	6.7%
45 to 54	7.9%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.9%	16.8%
65 to 74	29.2%	16.9%
75 and over	11.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazelton	Medicine Lodge
White (non-Hispanic)	82.0%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazelton	Medicine Lodge
No high school diploma	25.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	35.3%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	1.5%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazelton	Medicine Lodge
Drove alone	77.1%	87.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.6%
Public transit	11.4%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.8%
Other means	11.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazelton	Medicine Lodge
1-unit, detached	69.4%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hazelton	Medicine Lodge
Poverty rate	25.0%	11.2%
Average household size	1.89	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	13	14
Median year structure built	1958	1953