Bazine vs Ness City

A side-by-side comparison of Bazine and Ness City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ness City has the higher population (1,136 vs 454 in Bazine). Ness City has the higher median household income ($65,982 vs $56,288 in Bazine). Ness City has the higher median home value ($100,300 vs $48,900 in Bazine).

Population, income & housing

	Bazine	Ness City
Population	454	1,136
Median age	24.3 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,288	$65,982
Median home value	$48,900	$100,300
Median gross rent	$663	$679
Housing units	231	589
Homeownership rate	60.3%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bazine	Ness City
Population	340 → 454 (+33.5%)	1,571 → 1,136 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$44,750 → $56,288 (+25.8%)	$61,681 → $65,982 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$41,500 → $48,900 (+17.8%)	$86,000 → $100,300 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $663 (+24.9%)	$657 → $679 (+3.3%)

Bazine

Population

340454

Median household income

$44,750$56,288

Median home value

$41,500$48,900

Median gross rent

$531$663

Ness City

Population

1,5711,136

Median household income

$61,681$65,982

Median home value

$86,000$100,300

Median gross rent

$657$679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bazine	Ness City
Under 5	4.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	26.2%	18.1%
18 to 24	19.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	8.4%
35 to 44	8.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	5.9%	20.1%
65 to 74	13.4%	9.0%
75 and over	3.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bazine	Ness City
White (non-Hispanic)	43.8%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	50.0%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bazine	Ness City
No high school diploma	19.1%	10.2%
High school graduate	29.8%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bazine	Ness City
Drove alone	45.1%	77.5%
Carpooled	45.7%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	6.1%
Other means	1.2%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bazine	Ness City
1-unit, detached	86.1%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Bazine	Ness City
Poverty rate	18.3%	7.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	17	13
Median year structure built	1965	1960