Chetopa vs Dennis

A side-by-side comparison of Chetopa and Dennis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chetopa has the higher population (995 vs 195 in Dennis). Dennis has the higher median household income ($90,188 vs $22,614 in Chetopa). Dennis has the higher median home value ($156,500 vs $63,300 in Chetopa).

Population, income & housing

	Chetopa	Dennis
Population	995	195
Median age	51.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$22,614	$90,188
Median home value	$63,300	$156,500
Median gross rent	$530	—
Housing units	477	111
Homeownership rate	62.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chetopa	Dennis
Population	1,238 → 995 (-19.6%)	222 → 195 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$30,921 → $22,614 (-26.9%)	$76,744 → $90,188 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$51,200 → $63,300 (+23.6%)	$123,800 → $156,500 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $530 (+3.3%)	—

Chetopa

Population

1,238995

Median household income

$30,921$22,614

Median home value

$51,200$63,300

Median gross rent

$513$530

Dennis

Population

222195

Median household income

$76,744$90,188

Median home value

$123,800$156,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chetopa	Dennis
Under 5	5.1%	0.5%
5 to 17	15.0%	33.3%
18 to 24	7.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	30.8%
45 to 54	13.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	4.6%
65 to 74	21.5%	5.6%
75 and over	8.2%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chetopa	Dennis
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	61.5%
Black or African American	1.6%	12.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	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	7.9%	25.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chetopa	Dennis
No high school diploma	14.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.9%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chetopa	Dennis
Drove alone	81.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chetopa	Dennis
1-unit, detached	75.7%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Chetopa	Dennis
Poverty rate	38.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.34	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1958	2011