Great Bend vs Hoisington

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

Great Bend and Hoisington 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 2,660 in Hoisington). Great Bend has the higher median household income ($53,323 vs $50,344 in Hoisington). Great Bend has the higher median home value ($118,700 vs $78,800 in Hoisington).

Population, income & housing

	Great Bend	Hoisington
Population	14,596	2,660
Median age	37.0 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,323	$50,344
Median home value	$118,700	$78,800
Median gross rent	$744	$848
Housing units	7,198	1,367
Homeownership rate	57.3%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Bend	Hoisington
Population	15,358 → 14,596 (-5.0%)	2,840 → 2,660 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$47,574 → $53,323 (+12.1%)	$49,718 → $50,344 (+1.3%)
Median home value	$95,800 → $118,700 (+23.9%)	$69,900 → $78,800 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $744 (+13.6%)	$657 → $848 (+29.1%)

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

Hoisington

Population

2,8402,660

Median household income

$49,718$50,344

Median home value

$69,900$78,800

Median gross rent

$657$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Bend	Hoisington
Under 5	7.3%	8.0%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.1%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	14.8%
75 and over	9.3%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Bend	Hoisington
White (non-Hispanic)	70.1%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Bend	Hoisington
No high school diploma	14.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	26.7%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Bend	Hoisington
Drove alone	81.5%	85.2%
Carpooled	8.0%	4.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	8.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Bend	Hoisington
1-unit, detached	71.6%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	3.5%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Great Bend	Hoisington
Poverty rate	17.0%	15.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1959	1953