Dodge City vs Ford

A side-by-side comparison of Dodge City and Ford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dodge City has the higher population (27,652 vs 195 in Ford). Ford has the higher median household income ($75,313 vs $67,958 in Dodge City). Ford has the higher median home value ($134,700 vs $122,800 in Dodge City).

Population, income & housing

	Dodge City	Ford
Population	27,652	195
Median age	29.5 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,958	$75,313
Median home value	$122,800	$134,700
Median gross rent	$982	$763
Housing units	9,787	123
Homeownership rate	59.8%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dodge City	Ford
Population	27,555 → 27,652 (+0.4%)	221 → 195 (-11.8%)
Median household income	$50,338 → $67,958 (+35.0%)	$41,250 → $75,313 (+82.6%)
Median home value	$109,100 → $122,800 (+12.6%)	$44,000 → $134,700 (+206.1%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $982 (+25.1%)	$767 → $763 (-0.5%)

Dodge City

Population

27,55527,652

Median household income

$50,338$67,958

Median home value

$109,100$122,800

Median gross rent

$785$982

Ford

Population

221195

Median household income

$41,250$75,313

Median home value

$44,000$134,700

Median gross rent

$767$763

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dodge City	Ford
Under 5	9.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	22.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	11.0%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	21.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	3.1%
55 to 64	10.6%	7.2%
65 to 74	5.2%	16.9%
75 and over	3.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dodge City	Ford
White (non-Hispanic)	27.7%	97.9%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	66.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dodge City	Ford
No high school diploma	25.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	28.8%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dodge City	Ford
Drove alone	81.8%	94.9%
Carpooled	15.4%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dodge City	Ford
1-unit, detached	67.1%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Dodge City	Ford
Poverty rate	15.9%	8.7%
Average household size	2.94	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	12	20
Median year structure built	1972	1951