Dearing vs Elk City

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

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

Dearing has the higher population (325 vs 281 in Elk City). Dearing has the higher median household income ($59,688 vs $35,417 in Elk City). Dearing has the higher median home value ($81,000 vs $22,300 in Elk City).

Population, income & housing

	Dearing	Elk City
Population	325	281
Median age	53.6 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,688	$35,417
Median home value	$81,000	$22,300
Median gross rent	$554	$921
Housing units	177	137
Homeownership rate	88.5%	77.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dearing	Elk City
Population	536 → 325 (-39.4%)	288 → 281 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$56,288 → $59,688 (+6.0%)	$24,750 → $35,417 (+43.1%)
Median home value	$49,900 → $81,000 (+62.3%)	$24,800 → $22,300 (-10.1%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $554 (-29.7%)	$730 → $921 (+26.2%)

Dearing

Population

536325

Median household income

$56,288$59,688

Median home value

$49,900$81,000

Median gross rent

$788$554

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)

	Dearing	Elk City
Under 5	2.2%	1.8%
5 to 17	17.2%	11.7%
18 to 24	4.0%	13.9%
25 to 34	6.8%	9.3%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	20.3%	9.6%
65 to 74	14.5%	8.2%
75 and over	13.2%	19.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dearing	Elk City
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	78.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	4.6%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	8.6%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dearing	Elk City
No high school diploma	18.9%	8.3%
High school graduate	32.5%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	51.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dearing	Elk City
Drove alone	76.7%	78.8%
Carpooled	18.8%	18.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	2.4%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dearing	Elk City
1-unit, detached	70.6%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.4%	24.1%

Poverty & households

	Dearing	Elk City
Poverty rate	14.5%	26.7%
Average household size	2.20	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1973	1938