Chanute vs St. Paul

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

Chanute and St. Paul 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 665 in St. Paul). Chanute has the higher median household income ($47,885 vs $37,344 in St. Paul). St. Paul has the higher median home value ($92,100 vs $77,900 in Chanute).

Population, income & housing

	Chanute	St. Paul
Population	8,629	665
Median age	38.1 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,885	$37,344
Median home value	$77,900	$92,100
Median gross rent	$653	$681
Housing units	4,099	295
Homeownership rate	68.9%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chanute	St. Paul
Population	9,102 → 8,629 (-5.2%)	575 → 665 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$36,838 → $47,885 (+30.0%)	$50,417 → $37,344 (-25.9%)
Median home value	$74,900 → $77,900 (+4.0%)	$91,000 → $92,100 (+1.2%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $653 (+11.2%)	$566 → $681 (+20.3%)

Chanute

Population

9,1028,629

Median household income

$36,838$47,885

Median home value

$74,900$77,900

Median gross rent

$587$653

St. Paul

Population

575665

Median household income

$50,417$37,344

Median home value

$91,000$92,100

Median gross rent

$566$681

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chanute	St. Paul
Under 5	5.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	19.1%
18 to 24	11.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	5.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	6.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	9.9%
65 to 74	12.4%	12.8%
75 and over	7.2%	24.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chanute	St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	94.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chanute	St. Paul
No high school diploma	8.7%	7.8%
High school graduate	32.3%	43.1%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chanute	St. Paul
Drove alone	81.3%	74.7%
Carpooled	13.4%	7.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chanute	St. Paul
1-unit, detached	86.2%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	1.7%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Chanute	St. Paul
Poverty rate	20.1%	7.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	13	24
Median year structure built	1952	1979