Kiowa vs Sharon

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

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

Kiowa has the higher population (780 vs 129 in Sharon). Kiowa has the higher median household income ($62,031 vs $36,250 in Sharon). Sharon has the higher median home value ($76,700 vs $69,500 in Kiowa).

Population, income & housing

	Kiowa	Sharon
Population	780	129
Median age	41.9 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,031	$36,250
Median home value	$69,500	$76,700
Median gross rent	$739	—
Housing units	503	78
Homeownership rate	83.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.0%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kiowa	Sharon
Population	840 → 780 (-7.1%)	147 → 129 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$47,969 → $62,031 (+29.3%)	$39,750 → $36,250 (-8.8%)
Median home value	$70,500 → $69,500 (-1.4%)	$55,600 → $76,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $739 (+40.8%)	$850 → $950 (+11.8%)

Kiowa

Population

840780

Median household income

$47,969$62,031

Median home value

$70,500$69,500

Median gross rent

$525$739

Sharon

Population

147129

Median household income

$39,750$36,250

Median home value

$55,600$76,700

Median gross rent

$850$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kiowa	Sharon
Under 5	6.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.9%	10.9%
18 to 24	5.5%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	17.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	9.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	16.5%	8.5%
75 and over	10.3%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kiowa	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	5.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kiowa	Sharon
No high school diploma	2.8%	3.9%
High school graduate	26.8%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kiowa	Sharon
Drove alone	88.6%	75.7%
Carpooled	2.5%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	4.1%
Bicycle	3.0%	4.1%
Worked from home	0.9%	2.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kiowa	Sharon
1-unit, detached	88.3%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Kiowa	Sharon
Poverty rate	13.5%	10.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	12	25
Median year structure built	1947	1938