Cawker City vs Tipton

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

Cawker City and Tipton 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 211 in Tipton). Tipton has the higher median home value ($101,400 vs $87,300 in Cawker City). Since 2019, Tipton's population has grown faster (-0.5% vs -28.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cawker City	Tipton
Population	413	211
Median age	48.9 yrs	50.8 yrs
Median household income	$50,313	—
Median home value	$87,300	$101,400
Median gross rent	$850	$435
Housing units	288	159
Homeownership rate	76.7%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cawker City	Tipton
Population	581 → 413 (-28.9%)	212 → 211 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$38,295 → $50,313 (+31.4%)	$53,917 → $35,750 (-33.7%)
Median home value	$59,200 → $87,300 (+47.5%)	$69,600 → $101,400 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $850 (+45.3%)	$436 → $435 (-0.2%)

Cawker City

Population

581413

Median household income

$38,295$50,313

Median home value

$59,200$87,300

Median gross rent

$585$850

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)

	Cawker City	Tipton
Under 5	4.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	6.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	19.0%
25 to 34	2.7%	12.3%
35 to 44	9.4%	3.8%
45 to 54	15.3%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.3%
65 to 74	16.0%	12.3%
75 and over	15.3%	23.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cawker City	Tipton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	99.5%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cawker City	Tipton
No high school diploma	10.4%	2.6%
High school graduate	24.4%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	44.1%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cawker City	Tipton
Drove alone	73.9%	81.1%
Carpooled	10.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.4%	13.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	5.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cawker City	Tipton
1-unit, detached	77.4%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Cawker City	Tipton
Poverty rate	24.2%	8.5%
Average household size	2.04	1.51
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1963	1938