Climax vs Fall River

A side-by-side comparison of Climax and Fall River: population, income, housing, and more.

Climax and Fall River are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fall River has the higher population (148 vs 57 in Climax). Climax has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $48,125 in Fall River). Since 2019, Fall River's population has grown faster (+33.3% vs +32.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Climax	Fall River
Population	57	148
Median age	43.4 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$48,125
Median home value	—	$42,500
Median gross rent	—	$470
Housing units	50	102
Homeownership rate	52.2%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Climax	Fall River
Population	43 → 57 (+32.6%)	111 → 148 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$57,292 → $63,750 (+11.3%)	$39,464 → $48,125 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$22,500 → $60,000 (+166.7%)	$45,800 → $42,500 (-7.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$383 → $470 (+22.7%)

Climax

Population

4357

Median household income

$57,292$63,750

Median home value

$22,500$60,000

Fall River

Population

111148

Median household income

$39,464$48,125

Median home value

$45,800$42,500

Median gross rent

$383$470

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Climax	Fall River
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	33.3%	18.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.1%
35 to 44	17.5%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	7.0%	29.1%
65 to 74	21.1%	8.1%
75 and over	1.8%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Climax	Fall River
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Climax	Fall River
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	32.4%	60.9%
Some college or associate's	64.7%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Climax	Fall River
Drove alone	64.0%	80.3%
Carpooled	24.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Climax	Fall River
1-unit, detached	88.0%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Climax	Fall River
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1938	1953