Bogue vs Hill City

A side-by-side comparison of Bogue and Hill City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hill City has the higher population (1,536 vs 106 in Bogue). Hill City has the higher median household income ($49,899 vs $46,406 in Bogue). Hill City has the higher median home value ($89,300 vs $75,000 in Bogue).

Population, income & housing

	Bogue	Hill City
Population	106	1,536
Median age	62.2 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,406	$49,899
Median home value	$75,000	$89,300
Median gross rent	—	$729
Housing units	95	826
Homeownership rate	89.2%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	15.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bogue	Hill City
Population	250 → 106 (-57.6%)	1,629 → 1,536 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$36,250 → $46,406 (+28.0%)	$42,206 → $49,899 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$40,000 → $75,000 (+87.5%)	$80,600 → $89,300 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $466 (-6.8%)	$605 → $729 (+20.5%)

Bogue

Population

250106

Median household income

$36,250$46,406

Median home value

$40,000$75,000

Median gross rent

$500$466

Hill City

Population

1,6291,536

Median household income

$42,206$49,899

Median home value

$80,600$89,300

Median gross rent

$605$729

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bogue	Hill City
Under 5	1.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	19.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.8%
45 to 54	4.7%	8.7%
55 to 64	25.5%	11.1%
65 to 74	19.8%	12.2%
75 and over	21.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bogue	Hill City
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	86.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bogue	Hill City
No high school diploma	2.3%	5.1%
High school graduate	26.1%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bogue	Hill City
Drove alone	93.3%	84.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	6.7%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bogue	Hill City
1-unit, detached	85.3%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.6%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Bogue	Hill City
Poverty rate	5.7%	15.4%
Average household size	1.63	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	16	9
Median year structure built	1957	1958