Caney vs Elk City

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

Caney and Elk City 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 281 in Elk City). Caney has the higher median household income ($39,417 vs $35,417 in Elk City). Caney has the higher median home value ($70,600 vs $22,300 in Elk City).

Population, income & housing

	Caney	Elk City
Population	1,450	281
Median age	35.2 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$39,417	$35,417
Median home value	$70,600	$22,300
Median gross rent	$744	$921
Housing units	753	137
Homeownership rate	63.8%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caney	Elk City
Population	1,827 → 1,450 (-20.6%)	288 → 281 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $39,417 (-1.5%)	$24,750 → $35,417 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$50,900 → $70,600 (+38.7%)	$24,800 → $22,300 (-10.1%)
Median gross rent	$541 → $744 (+37.5%)	$730 → $921 (+26.2%)

Caney

Population

1,8271,450

Median household income

$40,000$39,417

Median home value

$50,900$70,600

Median gross rent

$541$744

Elk City

Population

288281

Median household income

$24,750$35,417

Median home value

$24,800$22,300

Median gross rent

$730$921

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caney	Elk City
Under 5	8.3%	1.8%
5 to 17	28.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	2.3%	13.9%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	6.2%	14.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.2%
75 and over	13.4%	19.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caney	Elk City
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	78.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	4.6%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	11.7%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caney	Elk City
No high school diploma	15.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	36.4%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.1%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caney	Elk City
Drove alone	76.8%	78.8%
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%	2.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caney	Elk City
1-unit, detached	86.6%	75.9%
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%	24.1%

Poverty & households

	Caney	Elk City
Poverty rate	13.9%	26.7%
Average household size	2.51	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1950	1938