Chetopa vs Parsons

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

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

Parsons has the higher population (9,482 vs 995 in Chetopa). Parsons has the higher median household income ($50,838 vs $22,614 in Chetopa). Parsons has the higher median home value ($70,300 vs $63,300 in Chetopa).

Population, income & housing

	Chetopa	Parsons
Population	995	9,482
Median age	51.2 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$22,614	$50,838
Median home value	$63,300	$70,300
Median gross rent	$530	$743
Housing units	477	4,772
Homeownership rate	62.3%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chetopa	Parsons
Population	1,238 → 995 (-19.6%)	9,736 → 9,482 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$30,921 → $22,614 (-26.9%)	$39,949 → $50,838 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$51,200 → $63,300 (+23.6%)	$65,000 → $70,300 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $530 (+3.3%)	$653 → $743 (+13.8%)

Chetopa

Population

1,238995

Median household income

$30,921$22,614

Median home value

$51,200$63,300

Median gross rent

$513$530

Parsons

Population

9,7369,482

Median household income

$39,949$50,838

Median home value

$65,000$70,300

Median gross rent

$653$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chetopa	Parsons
Under 5	5.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	7.6%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	15.9%
65 to 74	21.5%	11.6%
75 and over	8.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chetopa	Parsons
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	79.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	7.9%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chetopa	Parsons
No high school diploma	14.5%	11.5%
High school graduate	36.9%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chetopa	Parsons
Drove alone	81.8%	74.0%
Carpooled	6.6%	18.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	7.3%	3.7%
Other means	0.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chetopa	Parsons
1-unit, detached	75.7%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Chetopa	Parsons
Poverty rate	38.4%	20.7%
Average household size	2.34	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	17	11
Median year structure built	1958	1952