Ness City vs Utica

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

Ness City and Utica 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 119 in Utica). Ness City has the higher median household income ($65,982 vs $65,703 in Utica). Ness City has the higher median home value ($100,300 vs $37,500 in Utica).

Population, income & housing

	Ness City	Utica
Population	1,136	119
Median age	45.1 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,982	$65,703
Median home value	$100,300	$37,500
Median gross rent	$679	—
Housing units	589	95
Homeownership rate	82.1%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ness City	Utica
Population	1,571 → 1,136 (-27.7%)	104 → 119 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$61,681 → $65,982 (+7.0%)	$37,000 → $65,703 (+77.6%)
Median home value	$86,000 → $100,300 (+16.6%)	$41,400 → $37,500 (-9.4%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $679 (+3.3%)	$550 → $663 (+20.5%)

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

Utica

Population

104119

Median household income

$37,000$65,703

Median home value

$41,400$37,500

Median gross rent

$550$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ness City	Utica
Under 5	4.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.1%	9.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	23.5%
25 to 34	8.4%	16.8%
35 to 44	10.7%	4.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	2.5%
55 to 64	20.1%	20.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.4%
75 and over	10.9%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ness City	Utica
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ness City	Utica
No high school diploma	10.2%	1.3%
High school graduate	29.8%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ness City	Utica
Drove alone	77.5%	85.1%
Carpooled	12.0%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	0.0%
Other means	2.2%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ness City	Utica
1-unit, detached	89.5%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Ness City	Utica
Poverty rate	7.2%	9.2%
Average household size	2.23	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	13	17
Median year structure built	1960	1960