Corning vs Sabetha

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

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

Sabetha has the higher population (2,326 vs 153 in Corning). Corning has the higher median household income ($85,313 vs $67,794 in Sabetha). Sabetha has the higher median home value ($146,000 vs $108,300 in Corning).

Population, income & housing

	Corning	Sabetha
Population	153	2,326
Median age	34.4 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$85,313	$67,794
Median home value	$108,300	$146,000
Median gross rent	—	$693
Housing units	58	1,264
Homeownership rate	94.5%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corning	Sabetha
Population	188 → 153 (-18.6%)	2,552 → 2,326 (-8.9%)
Median household income	$61,875 → $85,313 (+37.9%)	$54,810 → $67,794 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $108,300 (+29.2%)	$108,500 → $146,000 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$643 → $693 (+7.8%)

Corning

Population

188153

Median household income

$61,875$85,313

Median home value

$83,800$108,300

Sabetha

Population

2,5522,326

Median household income

$54,810$67,794

Median home value

$108,500$146,000

Median gross rent

$643$693

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corning	Sabetha
Under 5	8.5%	8.7%
5 to 17	29.4%	13.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	10.7%
25 to 34	9.2%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.4%
45 to 54	20.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	9.2%	7.0%
65 to 74	4.6%	10.7%
75 and over	2.0%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corning	Sabetha
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corning	Sabetha
No high school diploma	2.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	26.1%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corning	Sabetha
Drove alone	82.2%	90.9%
Carpooled	9.6%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	5.5%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corning	Sabetha
1-unit, detached	87.9%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Corning	Sabetha
Poverty rate	9.8%	11.2%
Average household size	2.78	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	21	10
Median year structure built	1941	1971