Medicine Lodge vs Sharon

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

Medicine Lodge and Sharon 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 129 in Sharon). Medicine Lodge has the higher median household income ($54,663 vs $36,250 in Sharon). Medicine Lodge has the higher median home value ($80,200 vs $76,700 in Sharon).

Population, income & housing

	Medicine Lodge	Sharon
Population	1,518	129
Median age	46.5 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,663	$36,250
Median home value	$80,200	$76,700
Median gross rent	$711	—
Housing units	884	78
Homeownership rate	71.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.9%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Medicine Lodge	Sharon
Population	1,725 → 1,518 (-12.0%)	147 → 129 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$48,306 → $54,663 (+13.2%)	$39,750 → $36,250 (-8.8%)
Median home value	$68,100 → $80,200 (+17.8%)	$55,600 → $76,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$528 → $711 (+34.7%)	$850 → $950 (+11.8%)

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

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)

	Medicine Lodge	Sharon
Under 5	6.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.5%	10.9%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	17.1%
35 to 44	6.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	16.8%	15.5%
65 to 74	16.9%	8.5%
75 and over	7.8%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Medicine Lodge	Sharon
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	5.4%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Medicine Lodge	Sharon
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.9%
High school graduate	32.8%	40.8%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	46.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Medicine Lodge	Sharon
Drove alone	87.2%	75.7%
Carpooled	6.6%	13.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.1%
Worked from home	2.8%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Medicine Lodge	Sharon
1-unit, detached	89.5%	94.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Medicine Lodge	Sharon
Poverty rate	11.2%	10.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	14	25
Median year structure built	1953	1938