Hope vs Talmage

A side-by-side comparison of Hope and Talmage: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hope has the higher population (463 vs 94 in Talmage). Talmage has the higher median household income ($60,313 vs $48,750 in Hope). Talmage has the higher median home value ($173,200 vs $105,900 in Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Hope	Talmage
Population	463	94
Median age	39.4 yrs	60.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$60,313
Median home value	$105,900	$173,200
Median gross rent	$725	—
Housing units	199	54
Homeownership rate	77.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hope	Talmage
Population	400 → 463 (+15.8%)	112 → 94 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $48,750 (+11.4%)	$41,094 → $60,313 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$73,600 → $105,900 (+43.9%)	$72,800 → $173,200 (+137.9%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $725 (+36.8%)	—

Hope

Population

400463

Median household income

$43,750$48,750

Median home value

$73,600$105,900

Median gross rent

$530$725

Talmage

Population

11294

Median household income

$41,094$60,313

Median home value

$72,800$173,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hope	Talmage
Under 5	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.9%	20.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.3%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.9%	4.3%
45 to 54	14.7%	14.9%
55 to 64	16.0%	6.4%
65 to 74	6.0%	17.0%
75 and over	5.4%	27.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hope	Talmage
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hope	Talmage
No high school diploma	16.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.3%	58.7%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hope	Talmage
Drove alone	92.2%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hope	Talmage
1-unit, detached	81.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hope	Talmage
Poverty rate	36.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.69	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1955	1948