Coffeyville vs Independence

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

Coffeyville and Independence 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 8,469 in Independence). Independence has the higher median household income ($49,164 vs $41,901 in Coffeyville). Independence has the higher median home value ($78,500 vs $55,600 in Coffeyville).

Population, income & housing

	Coffeyville	Independence
Population	8,752	8,469
Median age	40.8 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,901	$49,164
Median home value	$55,600	$78,500
Median gross rent	$715	$790
Housing units	4,518	4,648
Homeownership rate	66.0%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coffeyville	Independence
Population	9,457 → 8,752 (-7.5%)	8,698 → 8,469 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$33,750 → $41,901 (+24.2%)	$41,778 → $49,164 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$55,800 → $55,600 (-0.4%)	$80,700 → $78,500 (-2.7%)
Median gross rent	$614 → $715 (+16.4%)	$680 → $790 (+16.2%)

Coffeyville

Population

9,4578,752

Median household income

$33,750$41,901

Median home value

$55,800$55,600

Median gross rent

$614$715

Independence

Population

8,6988,469

Median household income

$41,778$49,164

Median home value

$80,700$78,500

Median gross rent

$680$790

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coffeyville	Independence
Under 5	6.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	14.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	13.4%
75 and over	9.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coffeyville	Independence
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	79.2%
Black or African American	10.8%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	7.4%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coffeyville	Independence
No high school diploma	13.8%	8.2%
High school graduate	33.6%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coffeyville	Independence
Drove alone	73.1%	82.4%
Carpooled	11.4%	9.8%
Public transit	2.1%	0.0%
Walked	8.3%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	3.5%
Other means	1.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coffeyville	Independence
1-unit, detached	80.6%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	6.8%
20 or more units	6.7%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Coffeyville	Independence
Poverty rate	23.9%	16.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	17	15
Median year structure built	1951	1952