Brownell vs Ness City

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

Brownell 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 18 in Brownell). Since 2019, Ness City's population has grown faster (-27.7% vs -70.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Brownell	Ness City
Population	18	1,136
Median age	72.7 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$65,982
Median home value	—	$100,300
Median gross rent	—	$679
Housing units	20	589
Homeownership rate	66.7%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brownell	Ness City
Population	60 → 18 (-70.0%)	1,571 → 1,136 (-27.7%)
Median household income	$20,000 → $26,875 (+34.4%)	$61,681 → $65,982 (+7.0%)
Median home value	—	$86,000 → $100,300 (+16.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$657 → $679 (+3.3%)

Brownell

Population

6018

Median household income

$20,000$26,875

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)

	Brownell	Ness City
Under 5	11.1%	4.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	18.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.1%	8.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	20.1%
65 to 74	38.9%	9.0%
75 and over	38.9%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brownell	Ness City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brownell	Ness City
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	43.8%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brownell	Ness City
Drove alone	100.0%	77.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brownell	Ness City
1-unit, detached	90.0%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Brownell	Ness City
Poverty rate	27.8%	7.2%
Average household size	2.00	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	—	13
Median year structure built	1948	1960