Gove City vs Grainfield

A side-by-side comparison of Gove City and Grainfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grainfield has the higher population (243 vs 66 in Gove City). Grainfield has the higher median household income ($44,688 vs $37,083 in Gove City). Grainfield has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $37,500 in Gove City).

Population, income & housing

	Gove City	Grainfield
Population	66	243
Median age	57.5 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,083	$44,688
Median home value	$37,500	$85,000
Median gross rent	—	$713
Housing units	49	157
Homeownership rate	100.0%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gove City	Grainfield
Population	86 → 66 (-23.3%)	328 → 243 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$29,500 → $37,083 (+25.7%)	$43,833 → $44,688 (+2.0%)
Median home value	$37,500 → $37,500 (+0.0%)	$84,500 → $85,000 (+0.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$544 → $713 (+31.1%)

Gove City

Population

8666

Median household income

$29,500$37,083

Median home value

$37,500$37,500

Grainfield

Population

328243

Median household income

$43,833$44,688

Median home value

$84,500$85,000

Median gross rent

$544$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gove City	Grainfield
Under 5	1.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	9.1%	13.2%
18 to 24	13.6%	13.2%
25 to 34	10.6%	14.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.6%
55 to 64	39.4%	16.9%
65 to 74	12.1%	16.5%
75 and over	0.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gove City	Grainfield
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gove City	Grainfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	52.0%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gove City	Grainfield
Drove alone	88.1%	85.7%
Carpooled	2.4%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	9.0%
Other means	7.1%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gove City	Grainfield
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Gove City	Grainfield
Poverty rate	7.6%	3.4%
Average household size	1.69	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	13	18
Median year structure built	1940	1967