Burden vs Parkerfield

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

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

Burden has the higher population (548 vs 545 in Parkerfield). Parkerfield has the higher median household income ($130,417 vs $54,261 in Burden). Parkerfield has the higher median home value ($214,700 vs $61,700 in Burden).

Population, income & housing

	Burden	Parkerfield
Population	548	545
Median age	33.0 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,261	$130,417
Median home value	$61,700	$214,700
Median gross rent	$650	—
Housing units	243	185
Homeownership rate	77.7%	98.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burden	Parkerfield
Population	666 → 548 (-17.7%)	389 → 545 (+40.1%)
Median household income	$52,917 → $54,261 (+2.5%)	$69,375 → $130,417 (+88.0%)
Median home value	$62,600 → $61,700 (-1.4%)	$158,000 → $214,700 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $650 (-6.3%)	—

Burden

Population

666548

Median household income

$52,917$54,261

Median home value

$62,600$61,700

Median gross rent

$694$650

Parkerfield

Population

389545

Median household income

$69,375$130,417

Median home value

$158,000$214,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burden	Parkerfield
Under 5	5.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	30.5%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	12.5%
25 to 34	9.1%	6.8%
35 to 44	15.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.7%
55 to 64	10.2%	16.9%
65 to 74	6.6%	17.4%
75 and over	4.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burden	Parkerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	66.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	23.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burden	Parkerfield
No high school diploma	14.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	18.8%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burden	Parkerfield
Drove alone	80.6%	88.9%
Carpooled	15.3%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burden	Parkerfield
1-unit, detached	84.8%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Burden	Parkerfield
Poverty rate	13.6%	2.4%
Average household size	2.84	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	30	18
Median year structure built	1946	1984