Cambridge vs Dexter

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

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

Dexter has the higher population (508 vs 74 in Cambridge). Cambridge has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $49,737 in Dexter). Dexter has the higher median home value ($79,000 vs $41,700 in Cambridge).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	Dexter
Population	74	508
Median age	58.8 yrs	18.8 yrs
Median household income	$81,250	$49,737
Median home value	$41,700	$79,000
Median gross rent	$755	$538
Housing units	63	179
Homeownership rate	73.5%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	Dexter
Population	151 → 74 (-51.0%)	275 → 508 (+84.7%)
Median household income	$60,938 → $81,250 (+33.3%)	$51,250 → $49,737 (-3.0%)
Median home value	$23,900 → $41,700 (+74.5%)	$42,200 → $79,000 (+87.2%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $755 (+9.4%)	$550 → $538 (-2.2%)

Cambridge

Population

15174

Median household income

$60,938$81,250

Median home value

$23,900$41,700

Median gross rent

$690$755

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)

	Cambridge	Dexter
Under 5	5.4%	17.7%
5 to 17	13.5%	24.4%
18 to 24	2.7%	10.6%
25 to 34	2.7%	3.5%
35 to 44	6.8%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.2%	5.1%
55 to 64	18.9%	9.8%
65 to 74	17.6%	12.2%
75 and over	20.3%	1.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	Dexter
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	14.9%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	Dexter
No high school diploma	3.4%	6.7%
High school graduate	29.3%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	44.8%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	Dexter
Drove alone	85.3%	69.8%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	18.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	Dexter
1-unit, detached	90.5%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	42.5%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	Dexter
Poverty rate	6.8%	6.2%
Average household size	2.18	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	35	22
Median year structure built	1957	1982