Dodge City vs Spearville

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

Dodge City and Spearville 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 1,054 in Spearville). Spearville has the higher median household income ($71,230 vs $67,958 in Dodge City). Spearville has the higher median home value ($185,400 vs $122,800 in Dodge City).

Population, income & housing

	Dodge City	Spearville
Population	27,652	1,054
Median age	29.5 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,958	$71,230
Median home value	$122,800	$185,400
Median gross rent	$982	$775
Housing units	9,787	432
Homeownership rate	59.8%	84.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dodge City	Spearville
Population	27,555 → 27,652 (+0.4%)	925 → 1,054 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$50,338 → $67,958 (+35.0%)	$68,906 → $71,230 (+3.4%)
Median home value	$109,100 → $122,800 (+12.6%)	$118,900 → $185,400 (+55.9%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $982 (+25.1%)	$742 → $775 (+4.4%)

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

Spearville

Population

9251,054

Median household income

$68,906$71,230

Median home value

$118,900$185,400

Median gross rent

$742$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dodge City	Spearville
Under 5	9.3%	10.1%
5 to 17	22.5%	21.2%
18 to 24	11.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	6.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.3%
65 to 74	5.2%	17.9%
75 and over	3.9%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dodge City	Spearville
White (non-Hispanic)	27.7%	86.8%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	66.4%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dodge City	Spearville
No high school diploma	25.0%	2.4%
High school graduate	28.8%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dodge City	Spearville
Drove alone	81.8%	72.2%
Carpooled	15.4%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.2%
Worked from home	1.1%	11.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dodge City	Spearville
1-unit, detached	67.1%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	5.3%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dodge City	Spearville
Poverty rate	15.9%	7.5%
Average household size	2.94	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	12	16
Median year structure built	1972	1972