Caney vs Dearing

A side-by-side comparison of Caney and Dearing: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Caney has the higher population (1,450 vs 325 in Dearing). Dearing has the higher median household income ($59,688 vs $39,417 in Caney). Dearing has the higher median home value ($81,000 vs $70,600 in Caney).

Population, income & housing

	Caney	Dearing
Population	1,450	325
Median age	35.2 yrs	53.6 yrs
Median household income	$39,417	$59,688
Median home value	$70,600	$81,000
Median gross rent	$744	$554
Housing units	753	177
Homeownership rate	63.8%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caney	Dearing
Population	1,827 → 1,450 (-20.6%)	536 → 325 (-39.4%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $39,417 (-1.5%)	$56,288 → $59,688 (+6.0%)
Median home value	$50,900 → $70,600 (+38.7%)	$49,900 → $81,000 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$541 → $744 (+37.5%)	$788 → $554 (-29.7%)

Caney

Population

1,8271,450

Median household income

$40,000$39,417

Median home value

$50,900$70,600

Median gross rent

$541$744

Dearing

Population

536325

Median household income

$56,288$59,688

Median home value

$49,900$81,000

Median gross rent

$788$554

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caney	Dearing
Under 5	8.3%	2.2%
5 to 17	28.8%	17.2%
18 to 24	2.3%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.4%	6.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	6.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	20.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	14.5%
75 and over	13.4%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caney	Dearing
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	80.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	7.4%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.7%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caney	Dearing
No high school diploma	15.6%	18.9%
High school graduate	36.4%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caney	Dearing
Drove alone	76.8%	76.7%
Carpooled	15.8%	18.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.5%
Other means	1.1%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caney	Dearing
1-unit, detached	86.6%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Caney	Dearing
Poverty rate	13.9%	14.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1950	1973