Arkansas City vs Dexter

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

Arkansas City and Dexter 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 508 in Dexter). Arkansas City has the higher median household income ($53,475 vs $49,737 in Dexter). Arkansas City has the higher median home value ($81,700 vs $79,000 in Dexter).

Population, income & housing

	Arkansas City	Dexter
Population	11,909	508
Median age	35.5 yrs	18.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,475	$49,737
Median home value	$81,700	$79,000
Median gross rent	$762	$538
Housing units	5,537	179
Homeownership rate	63.3%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arkansas City	Dexter
Population	11,868 → 11,909 (+0.3%)	275 → 508 (+84.7%)
Median household income	$42,576 → $53,475 (+25.6%)	$51,250 → $49,737 (-3.0%)
Median home value	$64,100 → $81,700 (+27.5%)	$42,200 → $79,000 (+87.2%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $762 (+14.1%)	$550 → $538 (-2.2%)

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

Dexter

Population

275508

Median household income

$51,250$49,737

Median home value

$42,200$79,000

Median gross rent

$550$538

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arkansas City	Dexter
Under 5	6.5%	17.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	24.4%
18 to 24	11.1%	10.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	3.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.0%
45 to 54	10.0%	5.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	9.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	12.2%
75 and over	6.8%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arkansas City	Dexter
White (non-Hispanic)	65.0%	95.7%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	22.9%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arkansas City	Dexter
No high school diploma	10.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	36.0%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arkansas City	Dexter
Drove alone	77.8%	69.8%
Carpooled	16.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	1.0%
Other means	0.9%	18.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arkansas City	Dexter
1-unit, detached	71.5%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.6%
20 or more units	4.7%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	42.5%

Poverty & households

	Arkansas City	Dexter
Poverty rate	16.9%	6.2%
Average household size	2.38	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1955	1982