Beloit vs Cawker City

A side-by-side comparison of Beloit and Cawker City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beloit has the higher population (3,141 vs 413 in Cawker City). Beloit has the higher median household income ($50,865 vs $50,313 in Cawker City). Beloit has the higher median home value ($99,100 vs $87,300 in Cawker City).

Population, income & housing

	Beloit	Cawker City
Population	3,141	413
Median age	39.2 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,865	$50,313
Median home value	$99,100	$87,300
Median gross rent	$739	$850
Housing units	1,663	288
Homeownership rate	62.0%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beloit	Cawker City
Population	3,793 → 3,141 (-17.2%)	581 → 413 (-28.9%)
Median household income	$46,149 → $50,865 (+10.2%)	$38,295 → $50,313 (+31.4%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $99,100 (+6.3%)	$59,200 → $87,300 (+47.5%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $739 (+28.3%)	$585 → $850 (+45.3%)

Beloit

Population

3,7933,141

Median household income

$46,149$50,865

Median home value

$93,200$99,100

Median gross rent

$576$739

Cawker City

Population

581413

Median household income

$38,295$50,313

Median home value

$59,200$87,300

Median gross rent

$585$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beloit	Cawker City
Under 5	5.4%	4.8%
5 to 17	18.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	11.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	7.1%	2.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	16.0%
75 and over	11.2%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beloit	Cawker City
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	3.9%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beloit	Cawker City
No high school diploma	7.8%	10.4%
High school graduate	28.9%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beloit	Cawker City
Drove alone	77.6%	73.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	10.6%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beloit	Cawker City
1-unit, detached	75.5%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.4%

Poverty & households

	Beloit	Cawker City
Poverty rate	16.6%	24.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	11	19
Median year structure built	1959	1963