Bern vs Corning

A side-by-side comparison of Bern and Corning: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Corning has the higher population (153 vs 132 in Bern). Corning has the higher median household income ($85,313 vs $61,944 in Bern). Bern has the higher median home value ($120,300 vs $108,300 in Corning).

Population, income & housing

	Bern	Corning
Population	132	153
Median age	48.7 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,944	$85,313
Median home value	$120,300	$108,300
Housing units	82	58
Homeownership rate	85.9%	94.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	40.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bern	Corning
Population	170 → 132 (-22.4%)	188 → 153 (-18.6%)
Median household income	$73,125 → $61,944 (-15.3%)	$61,875 → $85,313 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$73,000 → $120,300 (+64.8%)	$83,800 → $108,300 (+29.2%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $758 (+21.3%)	—

Bern

Population

170132

Median household income

$73,125$61,944

Median home value

$73,000$120,300

Median gross rent

$625$758

Corning

Population

188153

Median household income

$61,875$85,313

Median home value

$83,800$108,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bern	Corning
Under 5	1.5%	8.5%
5 to 17	3.8%	29.4%
18 to 24	26.5%	4.6%
25 to 34	5.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.4%
45 to 54	14.4%	20.3%
55 to 64	16.7%	9.2%
65 to 74	12.1%	4.6%
75 and over	9.8%	2.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bern	Corning
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.8%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bern	Corning
No high school diploma	10.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	33.3%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	35.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bern	Corning
Drove alone	65.0%	82.2%
Carpooled	26.2%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	5.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bern	Corning
1-unit, detached	95.1%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Bern	Corning
Poverty rate	9.1%	9.8%
Average household size	2.06	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1954	1941