Arkansas City vs Burden

A side-by-side comparison of Arkansas City and Burden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arkansas City has the higher population (11,909 vs 548 in Burden). Burden has the higher median household income ($54,261 vs $53,475 in Arkansas City). Arkansas City has the higher median home value ($81,700 vs $61,700 in Burden).

Population, income & housing

	Arkansas City	Burden
Population	11,909	548
Median age	35.5 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,475	$54,261
Median home value	$81,700	$61,700
Median gross rent	$762	$650
Housing units	5,537	243
Homeownership rate	63.3%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arkansas City	Burden
Population	11,868 → 11,909 (+0.3%)	666 → 548 (-17.7%)
Median household income	$42,576 → $53,475 (+25.6%)	$52,917 → $54,261 (+2.5%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $81,700 (+27.5%)	$62,600 → $61,700 (-1.4%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $762 (+14.1%)	$694 → $650 (-6.3%)

Arkansas City

Population

11,86811,909

Median household income

$42,576$53,475

Median home value

$64,100$81,700

Median gross rent

$668$762

Burden

Population

666548

Median household income

$52,917$54,261

Median home value

$62,600$61,700

Median gross rent

$694$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arkansas City	Burden
Under 5	6.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.3%	30.5%
18 to 24	11.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	10.2%
65 to 74	9.3%	6.6%
75 and over	6.8%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arkansas City	Burden
White (non-Hispanic)	65.0%	87.6%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.2%	10.2%
Hispanic or Latino	22.9%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arkansas City	Burden
No high school diploma	10.3%	14.2%
High school graduate	36.0%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arkansas City	Burden
Drove alone	77.8%	80.6%
Carpooled	16.0%	15.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	3.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arkansas City	Burden
1-unit, detached	71.5%	84.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Arkansas City	Burden
Poverty rate	16.9%	13.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1955	1946