Beloit vs Tipton

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

Beloit and Tipton 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 211 in Tipton). Tipton has the higher median home value ($101,400 vs $99,100 in Beloit). Since 2019, Tipton's population has grown faster (-0.5% vs -17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Beloit	Tipton
Population	3,141	211
Median age	39.2 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,865	—
Median home value	$99,100	$101,400
Median gross rent	$739	$435
Housing units	1,663	159
Homeownership rate	62.0%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beloit	Tipton
Population	3,793 → 3,141 (-17.2%)	212 → 211 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$46,149 → $50,865 (+10.2%)	$53,917 → $35,750 (-33.7%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $99,100 (+6.3%)	$69,600 → $101,400 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $739 (+28.3%)	$436 → $435 (-0.2%)

Beloit

Population

3,7933,141

Median household income

$46,149$50,865

Median home value

$93,200$99,100

Median gross rent

$576$739

Tipton

Population

212211

Median household income

$53,917$35,750

Median home value

$69,600$101,400

Median gross rent

$436$435

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beloit	Tipton
Under 5	5.4%	2.4%
5 to 17	18.1%	6.6%
18 to 24	11.2%	19.0%
25 to 34	7.1%	12.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	3.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	8.1%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.3%
75 and over	11.2%	23.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beloit	Tipton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	99.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beloit	Tipton
No high school diploma	7.8%	2.6%
High school graduate	28.9%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beloit	Tipton
Drove alone	77.6%	81.1%
Carpooled	7.7%	0.0%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	13.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beloit	Tipton
1-unit, detached	75.5%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Beloit	Tipton
Poverty rate	16.6%	8.5%
Average household size	2.11	1.51
Mean commute (minutes)	11	14
Median year structure built	1959	1938