Bird City vs St. Francis

A side-by-side comparison of Bird City and St. Francis: population, income, housing, and more.

Bird City and St. Francis are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

St. Francis has the higher population (1,268 vs 579 in Bird City). Bird City has the higher median household income ($68,095 vs $45,324 in St. Francis). St. Francis has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $88,600 in Bird City).

Population, income & housing

	Bird City	St. Francis
Population	579	1,268
Median age	36.6 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,095	$45,324
Median home value	$88,600	$95,000
Median gross rent	$589	$705
Housing units	278	731
Homeownership rate	63.6%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bird City	St. Francis
Population	536 → 579 (+8.0%)	1,421 → 1,268 (-10.8%)
Median household income	$40,455 → $68,095 (+68.3%)	$39,769 → $45,324 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$70,200 → $88,600 (+26.2%)	$77,800 → $95,000 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $589 (+12.2%)	$634 → $705 (+11.2%)

Bird City

Population

536579

Median household income

$40,455$68,095

Median home value

$70,200$88,600

Median gross rent

$525$589

St. Francis

Population

1,4211,268

Median household income

$39,769$45,324

Median home value

$77,800$95,000

Median gross rent

$634$705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bird City	St. Francis
Under 5	6.9%	7.9%
5 to 17	23.5%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	24.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	5.4%	2.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	13.0%
75 and over	2.2%	17.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bird City	St. Francis
White (non-Hispanic)	71.0%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	26.1%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bird City	St. Francis
No high school diploma	18.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	15.8%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bird City	St. Francis
Drove alone	84.6%	83.1%
Carpooled	5.1%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bird City	St. Francis
1-unit, detached	88.1%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Bird City	St. Francis
Poverty rate	25.7%	14.6%
Average household size	2.63	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	14	11
Median year structure built	1947	1955