Climax vs Severy

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

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

Severy has the higher population (185 vs 57 in Climax). Climax has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $34,500 in Severy). Since 2019, Climax's population has grown faster (+32.6% vs -17.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Climax	Severy
Population	57	185
Median age	43.4 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$34,500
Median home value	—	$28,000
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	50	168
Homeownership rate	52.2%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.9%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	13.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Climax	Severy
Population	43 → 57 (+32.6%)	223 → 185 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$57,292 → $63,750 (+11.3%)	$43,125 → $34,500 (-20.0%)
Median home value	$22,500 → $60,000 (+166.7%)	$28,200 → $28,000 (-0.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$450 → $725 (+61.1%)

Climax

Population

4357

Median household income

$57,292$63,750

Median home value

$22,500$60,000

Severy

Population

223185

Median household income

$43,125$34,500

Median home value

$28,200$28,000

Median gross rent

$450$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Climax	Severy
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	33.3%	9.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	2.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	2.7%
35 to 44	17.5%	4.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	25.9%
55 to 64	7.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	21.1%	16.2%
75 and over	1.8%	21.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Climax	Severy
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
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%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Climax	Severy
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	32.4%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	64.7%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Climax	Severy
Drove alone	64.0%	80.5%
Carpooled	24.0%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Climax	Severy
1-unit, detached	88.0%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Climax	Severy
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.5%
Average household size	2.48	1.57
Mean commute (minutes)	31	42
Median year structure built	1938	1940