Dearing vs Independence

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

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

Independence has the higher population (8,469 vs 325 in Dearing). Dearing has the higher median household income ($59,688 vs $49,164 in Independence). Dearing has the higher median home value ($81,000 vs $78,500 in Independence).

Population, income & housing

	Dearing	Independence
Population	325	8,469
Median age	53.6 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,688	$49,164
Median home value	$81,000	$78,500
Median gross rent	$554	$790
Housing units	177	4,648
Homeownership rate	88.5%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	13.5%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dearing	Independence
Population	536 → 325 (-39.4%)	8,698 → 8,469 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$56,288 → $59,688 (+6.0%)	$41,778 → $49,164 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$49,900 → $81,000 (+62.3%)	$80,700 → $78,500 (-2.7%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $554 (-29.7%)	$680 → $790 (+16.2%)

Dearing

Population

536325

Median household income

$56,288$59,688

Median home value

$49,900$81,000

Median gross rent

$788$554

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)

	Dearing	Independence
Under 5	2.2%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	6.8%	13.2%
35 to 44	8.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	8.8%
55 to 64	20.3%	13.1%
65 to 74	14.5%	13.4%
75 and over	13.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dearing	Independence
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	79.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.4%	1.1%
Asian	3.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	8.6%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dearing	Independence
No high school diploma	18.9%	8.2%
High school graduate	32.5%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dearing	Independence
Drove alone	76.7%	82.4%
Carpooled	18.8%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	3.5%
Other means	3.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dearing	Independence
1-unit, detached	70.6%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	29.4%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Dearing	Independence
Poverty rate	14.5%	16.3%
Average household size	2.20	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1973	1952