Ransom vs Utica

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

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

Ransom has the higher population (261 vs 119 in Utica). Utica has the higher median household income ($65,703 vs $45,625 in Ransom). Ransom has the higher median home value ($55,000 vs $37,500 in Utica).

Population, income & housing

	Ransom	Utica
Population	261	119
Median age	62.2 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,625	$65,703
Median home value	$55,000	$37,500
Median gross rent	$675	—
Housing units	152	95
Homeownership rate	86.6%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ransom	Utica
Population	329 → 261 (-20.7%)	104 → 119 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$41,806 → $45,625 (+9.1%)	$37,000 → $65,703 (+77.6%)
Median home value	$49,200 → $55,000 (+11.8%)	$41,400 → $37,500 (-9.4%)
Median gross rent	$550 → $675 (+22.7%)	$550 → $663 (+20.5%)

Ransom

Population

329261

Median household income

$41,806$45,625

Median home value

$49,200$55,000

Median gross rent

$550$675

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)

	Ransom	Utica
Under 5	2.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	12.6%	9.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	23.5%
25 to 34	6.1%	16.8%
35 to 44	3.1%	4.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	2.5%
55 to 64	20.3%	20.2%
65 to 74	18.8%	13.4%
75 and over	21.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ransom	Utica
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	96.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ransom	Utica
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.3%
High school graduate	57.7%	49.3%
Some college or associate's	22.1%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ransom	Utica
Drove alone	76.1%	85.1%
Carpooled	5.5%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ransom	Utica
1-unit, detached	93.4%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Ransom	Utica
Poverty rate	11.2%	9.2%
Average household size	2.03	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1961	1960