Ness City vs Ransom

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

Ness City and Ransom 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 261 in Ransom). Ness City has the higher median household income ($65,982 vs $45,625 in Ransom). Ness City has the higher median home value ($100,300 vs $55,000 in Ransom).

Population, income & housing

	Ness City	Ransom
Population	1,136	261
Median age	45.1 yrs	62.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,982	$45,625
Median home value	$100,300	$55,000
Median gross rent	$679	$675
Housing units	589	152
Homeownership rate	82.1%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ness City	Ransom
Population	1,571 → 1,136 (-27.7%)	329 → 261 (-20.7%)
Median household income	$61,681 → $65,982 (+7.0%)	$41,806 → $45,625 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$86,000 → $100,300 (+16.6%)	$49,200 → $55,000 (+11.8%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $679 (+3.3%)	$550 → $675 (+22.7%)

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

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)

	Ness City	Ransom
Under 5	4.4%	2.3%
5 to 17	18.1%	12.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	8.4%	6.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	3.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	20.1%	20.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	18.8%
75 and over	10.9%	21.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ness City	Ransom
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ness City	Ransom
No high school diploma	10.2%	3.4%
High school graduate	29.8%	57.7%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ness City	Ransom
Drove alone	77.5%	76.1%
Carpooled	12.0%	5.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	17.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.9%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ness City	Ransom
1-unit, detached	89.5%	93.4%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Ness City	Ransom
Poverty rate	7.2%	11.2%
Average household size	2.23	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	13	24
Median year structure built	1960	1961