Bazine vs Ransom

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

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

Bazine has the higher population (454 vs 261 in Ransom). Bazine has the higher median household income ($56,288 vs $45,625 in Ransom). Ransom has the higher median home value ($55,000 vs $48,900 in Bazine).

Population, income & housing

	Bazine	Ransom
Population	454	261
Median age	24.3 yrs	62.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,288	$45,625
Median home value	$48,900	$55,000
Median gross rent	$663	$675
Housing units	231	152
Homeownership rate	60.3%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bazine	Ransom
Population	340 → 454 (+33.5%)	329 → 261 (-20.7%)
Median household income	$44,750 → $56,288 (+25.8%)	$41,806 → $45,625 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$41,500 → $48,900 (+17.8%)	$49,200 → $55,000 (+11.8%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $663 (+24.9%)	$550 → $675 (+22.7%)

Bazine

Population

340454

Median household income

$44,750$56,288

Median home value

$41,500$48,900

Median gross rent

$531$663

Ransom

Population

329261

Median household income

$41,806$45,625

Median home value

$49,200$55,000

Median gross rent

$550$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bazine	Ransom
Under 5	4.4%	2.3%
5 to 17	26.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	19.8%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	6.1%
35 to 44	8.4%	3.1%
45 to 54	8.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	5.9%	20.3%
65 to 74	13.4%	18.8%
75 and over	3.3%	21.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bazine	Ransom
White (non-Hispanic)	43.8%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.9%
Two or more races	5.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	50.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bazine	Ransom
No high school diploma	19.1%	3.4%
High school graduate	29.8%	57.7%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bazine	Ransom
Drove alone	45.1%	76.1%
Carpooled	45.7%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	17.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bazine	Ransom
1-unit, detached	86.1%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Bazine	Ransom
Poverty rate	18.3%	11.2%
Average household size	2.61	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1965	1961