Dodge City vs Fort Dodge

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

Dodge City and Fort Dodge 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 145 in Fort Dodge). Dodge City has the higher median household income ($67,958 vs $31,667 in Fort Dodge). Since 2019, Dodge City's population has grown faster (+0.4% vs -13.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Dodge City	Fort Dodge
Population	27,652	145
Median age	29.5 yrs	74.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,958	$31,667
Median home value	$122,800	—
Median gross rent	$982	$859
Housing units	9,787	84
Homeownership rate	59.8%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dodge City	Fort Dodge
Population	27,555 → 27,652 (+0.4%)	168 → 145 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$50,338 → $67,958 (+35.0%)	$22,250 → $31,667 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$109,100 → $122,800 (+12.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$785 → $982 (+25.1%)	$714 → $859 (+20.3%)

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

Fort Dodge

Population

168145

Median household income

$22,250$31,667

Median gross rent

$714$859

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dodge City	Fort Dodge
Under 5	9.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	11.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	2.1%
55 to 64	10.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	5.2%	33.8%
75 and over	3.9%	49.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dodge City	Fort Dodge
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%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	66.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dodge City	Fort Dodge
No high school diploma	25.0%	15.9%
High school graduate	28.8%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dodge City	Fort Dodge
Drove alone	81.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	15.4%	0.0%
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	Fort Dodge
1-unit, detached	67.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dodge City	Fort Dodge
Poverty rate	15.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.94	1.10
Mean commute (minutes)	12	—
Median year structure built	1972	1969