Chanute vs Earlton

A side-by-side comparison of Chanute and Earlton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chanute has the higher population (8,629 vs 116 in Earlton). Earlton has the higher median household income ($73,833 vs $47,885 in Chanute). Since 2019, Chanute's population has grown faster (-5.2% vs -6.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Chanute	Earlton
Population	8,629	116
Median age	38.1 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,885	$73,833
Median home value	$77,900	—
Median gross rent	$653	—
Housing units	4,099	51
Homeownership rate	68.9%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	3.5%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chanute	Earlton
Population	9,102 → 8,629 (-5.2%)	124 → 116 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$36,838 → $47,885 (+30.0%)	$29,531 → $73,833 (+150.0%)
Median home value	$74,900 → $77,900 (+4.0%)	$52,100 → $37,900 (-27.3%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $653 (+11.2%)	—

Chanute

Population

9,1028,629

Median household income

$36,838$47,885

Median home value

$74,900$77,900

Median gross rent

$587$653

Earlton

Population

124116

Median household income

$29,531$73,833

Median home value

$52,100$37,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chanute	Earlton
Under 5	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.2%	21.6%
18 to 24	11.2%	5.2%
25 to 34	9.9%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	7.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	14.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	25.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	0.9%
75 and over	7.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chanute	Earlton
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	93.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chanute	Earlton
No high school diploma	8.7%	12.9%
High school graduate	32.3%	52.9%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	1.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chanute	Earlton
Drove alone	81.3%	67.3%
Carpooled	13.4%	32.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chanute	Earlton
1-unit, detached	86.2%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Chanute	Earlton
Poverty rate	20.1%	1.7%
Average household size	2.31	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	13	10
Median year structure built	1952	1959