Claflin vs Great Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Claflin and Great Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Great Bend has the higher population (14,596 vs 434 in Claflin). Claflin has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $53,323 in Great Bend). Great Bend has the higher median home value ($118,700 vs $101,900 in Claflin).

Population, income & housing

	Claflin	Great Bend
Population	434	14,596
Median age	40.9 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$53,323
Median home value	$101,900	$118,700
Median gross rent	$600	$744
Housing units	231	7,198
Homeownership rate	80.8%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claflin	Great Bend
Population	406 → 434 (+6.9%)	15,358 → 14,596 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$46,875 → $61,250 (+30.7%)	$47,574 → $53,323 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$75,400 → $101,900 (+35.1%)	$95,800 → $118,700 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $600 (+14.3%)	$655 → $744 (+13.6%)

Claflin

Population

406434

Median household income

$46,875$61,250

Median home value

$75,400$101,900

Median gross rent

$525$600

Great Bend

Population

15,35814,596

Median household income

$47,574$53,323

Median home value

$95,800$118,700

Median gross rent

$655$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claflin	Great Bend
Under 5	1.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	25.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	3.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	7.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	6.5%	9.1%
55 to 64	16.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	15.4%	8.9%
75 and over	8.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claflin	Great Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	70.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claflin	Great Bend
No high school diploma	0.0%	14.3%
High school graduate	35.5%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claflin	Great Bend
Drove alone	78.5%	81.5%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.8%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claflin	Great Bend
1-unit, detached	94.4%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Claflin	Great Bend
Poverty rate	23.0%	17.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1958	1959