Hamilton vs Severy

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

Hamilton and Severy 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 185 in Severy). Severy has the higher median household income ($34,500 vs $29,741 in Hamilton). Severy has the higher median home value ($28,000 vs $25,000 in Hamilton).

Population, income & housing

	Hamilton	Severy
Population	205	185
Median age	47.9 yrs	55.9 yrs
Median household income	$29,741	$34,500
Median home value	$25,000	$28,000
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	153	168
Homeownership rate	84.6%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	3.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hamilton	Severy
Population	259 → 205 (-20.8%)	223 → 185 (-17.0%)
Median household income	$38,068 → $29,741 (-21.9%)	$43,125 → $34,500 (-20.0%)
Median home value	$27,000 → $25,000 (-7.4%)	$28,200 → $28,000 (-0.7%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $638 (-12.0%)	$450 → $725 (+61.1%)

Hamilton

Population

259205

Median household income

$38,068$29,741

Median home value

$27,000$25,000

Median gross rent

$725$638

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)

	Hamilton	Severy
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.1%	9.7%
18 to 24	11.2%	2.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	2.7%
35 to 44	7.3%	4.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	25.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	22.9%	16.2%
75 and over	8.3%	21.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hamilton	Severy
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	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	4.9%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hamilton	Severy
No high school diploma	24.5%	6.2%
High school graduate	51.7%	55.6%
Some college or associate's	12.9%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hamilton	Severy
Drove alone	97.2%	80.5%
Carpooled	2.8%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hamilton	Severy
1-unit, detached	85.0%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	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	11.1%	18.5%

Poverty & households

	Hamilton	Severy
Poverty rate	14.1%	13.5%
Average household size	1.97	1.57
Mean commute (minutes)	28	42
Median year structure built	1938	1940