Cawker City vs Simpson

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

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

Cawker City has the higher population (413 vs 149 in Simpson). Simpson has the higher median household income ($60,078 vs $50,313 in Cawker City). Cawker City has the higher median home value ($87,300 vs $25,800 in Simpson).

Population, income & housing

	Cawker City	Simpson
Population	413	149
Median age	48.9 yrs	28.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,313	$60,078
Median home value	$87,300	$25,800
Median gross rent	$850	—
Housing units	288	70
Homeownership rate	76.7%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cawker City	Simpson
Population	581 → 413 (-28.9%)	58 → 149 (+156.9%)
Median household income	$38,295 → $50,313 (+31.4%)	$47,917 → $60,078 (+25.4%)
Median home value	$59,200 → $87,300 (+47.5%)	$18,300 → $25,800 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $850 (+45.3%)	—

Cawker City

Population

581413

Median household income

$38,295$50,313

Median home value

$59,200$87,300

Median gross rent

$585$850

Simpson

Population

58149

Median household income

$47,917$60,078

Median home value

$18,300$25,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cawker City	Simpson
Under 5	4.8%	17.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	2.7%
25 to 34	2.7%	30.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	8.1%
45 to 54	15.3%	6.7%
55 to 64	13.8%	16.1%
65 to 74	16.0%	2.7%
75 and over	15.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cawker City	Simpson
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	96.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.9%	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	0.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cawker City	Simpson
No high school diploma	10.4%	2.1%
High school graduate	24.4%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	44.1%	56.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cawker City	Simpson
Drove alone	73.9%	97.2%
Carpooled	10.6%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cawker City	Simpson
1-unit, detached	77.4%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Cawker City	Simpson
Poverty rate	24.2%	7.4%
Average household size	2.04	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1963	1953