Climax vs Hamilton

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

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

Hamilton has the higher population (205 vs 57 in Climax). Climax has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $29,741 in Hamilton). Since 2019, Climax's population has grown faster (+32.6% vs -20.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Climax	Hamilton
Population	57	205
Median age	43.4 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$29,741
Median home value	—	$25,000
Housing units	50	153
Homeownership rate	52.2%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	10.9%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Climax	Hamilton
Population	43 → 57 (+32.6%)	259 → 205 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$57,292 → $63,750 (+11.3%)	$38,068 → $29,741 (-21.9%)
Median home value	$22,500 → $60,000 (+166.7%)	$27,000 → $25,000 (-7.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$725 → $638 (-12.0%)

Climax

Population

4357

Median household income

$57,292$63,750

Median home value

$22,500$60,000

Hamilton

Population

259205

Median household income

$38,068$29,741

Median home value

$27,000$25,000

Median gross rent

$725$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Climax	Hamilton
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	33.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	17.5%	7.3%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	7.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	21.1%	22.9%
75 and over	1.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Climax	Hamilton
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	0.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Climax	Hamilton
No high school diploma	0.0%	24.5%
High school graduate	32.4%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	64.7%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Climax	Hamilton
Drove alone	64.0%	97.2%
Carpooled	24.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Climax	Hamilton
1-unit, detached	88.0%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Climax	Hamilton
Poverty rate	0.0%	14.1%
Average household size	2.48	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938