Norcatur vs Oberlin

A side-by-side comparison of Norcatur and Oberlin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oberlin has the higher population (1,763 vs 202 in Norcatur). Norcatur has the higher median household income ($67,143 vs $47,813 in Oberlin). Norcatur has the higher median home value ($85,400 vs $77,400 in Oberlin).

Population, income & housing

	Norcatur	Oberlin
Population	202	1,763
Median age	34.7 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,143	$47,813
Median home value	$85,400	$77,400
Median gross rent	—	$750
Housing units	103	1,021
Homeownership rate	84.0%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Norcatur	Oberlin
Population	323 → 202 (-37.5%)	1,622 → 1,763 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$44,306 → $67,143 (+51.5%)	$38,438 → $47,813 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$57,700 → $85,400 (+48.0%)	$64,600 → $77,400 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$592 → $425 (-28.2%)	$656 → $750 (+14.3%)

Norcatur

Population

323202

Median household income

$44,306$67,143

Median home value

$57,700$85,400

Median gross rent

$592$425

Oberlin

Population

1,6221,763

Median household income

$38,438$47,813

Median home value

$64,600$77,400

Median gross rent

$656$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Norcatur	Oberlin
Under 5	10.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	0.5%
25 to 34	15.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	8.4%	6.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	11.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	20.2%
75 and over	8.4%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Norcatur	Oberlin
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Norcatur	Oberlin
No high school diploma	3.1%	6.5%
High school graduate	26.7%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	53.4%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Norcatur	Oberlin
Drove alone	58.9%	67.4%
Carpooled	12.2%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	6.1%
Walked	16.7%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	21.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Norcatur	Oberlin
1-unit, detached	94.2%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Norcatur	Oberlin
Poverty rate	15.3%	13.0%
Average household size	2.15	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	17	12
Median year structure built	1938	1955