Coffeyville vs Elk City

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

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

Coffeyville has the higher population (8,752 vs 281 in Elk City). Coffeyville has the higher median household income ($41,901 vs $35,417 in Elk City). Coffeyville has the higher median home value ($55,600 vs $22,300 in Elk City).

Population, income & housing

	Coffeyville	Elk City
Population	8,752	281
Median age	40.8 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,901	$35,417
Median home value	$55,600	$22,300
Median gross rent	$715	$921
Housing units	4,518	137
Homeownership rate	66.0%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coffeyville	Elk City
Population	9,457 → 8,752 (-7.5%)	288 → 281 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $41,901 (+24.2%)	$24,750 → $35,417 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$55,800 → $55,600 (-0.4%)	$24,800 → $22,300 (-10.1%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $715 (+16.4%)	$730 → $921 (+26.2%)

Coffeyville

Population

9,4578,752

Median household income

$33,750$41,901

Median home value

$55,800$55,600

Median gross rent

$614$715

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)

	Coffeyville	Elk City
Under 5	6.8%	1.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	11.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	13.9%
25 to 34	10.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	9.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.2%
75 and over	9.2%	19.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coffeyville	Elk City
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	78.3%
Black or African American	10.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	4.6%
Some other race	0.3%	1.4%
Two or more races	7.4%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coffeyville	Elk City
No high school diploma	13.8%	8.3%
High school graduate	33.6%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coffeyville	Elk City
Drove alone	73.1%	78.8%
Carpooled	11.4%	18.8%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	2.4%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coffeyville	Elk City
1-unit, detached	80.6%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	24.1%

Poverty & households

	Coffeyville	Elk City
Poverty rate	23.9%	26.7%
Average household size	2.27	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1951	1938