Kiowa vs Medicine Lodge

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

Kiowa 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 780 in Kiowa). Kiowa has the higher median household income ($62,031 vs $54,663 in Medicine Lodge). Medicine Lodge has the higher median home value ($80,200 vs $69,500 in Kiowa).

Population, income & housing

	Kiowa	Medicine Lodge
Population	780	1,518
Median age	41.9 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$62,031	$54,663
Median home value	$69,500	$80,200
Median gross rent	$739	$711
Housing units	503	884
Homeownership rate	83.3%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kiowa	Medicine Lodge
Population	840 → 780 (-7.1%)	1,725 → 1,518 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$47,969 → $62,031 (+29.3%)	$48,306 → $54,663 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$70,500 → $69,500 (-1.4%)	$68,100 → $80,200 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $739 (+40.8%)	$528 → $711 (+34.7%)

Kiowa

Population

840780

Median household income

$47,969$62,031

Median home value

$70,500$69,500

Median gross rent

$525$739

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)

	Kiowa	Medicine Lodge
Under 5	6.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.9%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	10.1%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.4%
35 to 44	15.0%	6.7%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	9.4%	16.8%
65 to 74	16.5%	16.9%
75 and over	10.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kiowa	Medicine Lodge
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kiowa	Medicine Lodge
No high school diploma	2.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	26.8%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kiowa	Medicine Lodge
Drove alone	88.6%	87.2%
Carpooled	2.5%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	3.9%	2.6%
Bicycle	3.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	2.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kiowa	Medicine Lodge
1-unit, detached	88.3%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kiowa	Medicine Lodge
Poverty rate	13.5%	11.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	12	14
Median year structure built	1947	1953