Bushton vs Chase

A side-by-side comparison of Bushton and Chase: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chase has the higher population (447 vs 237 in Bushton). Chase has the higher median household income ($57,143 vs $38,906 in Bushton). Chase has the higher median home value ($80,100 vs $43,800 in Bushton).

Population, income & housing

	Bushton	Chase
Population	237	447
Median age	66.2 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$38,906	$57,143
Median home value	$43,800	$80,100
Median gross rent	$617	$683
Housing units	182	233
Homeownership rate	95.2%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.5%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bushton	Chase
Population	322 → 237 (-26.4%)	401 → 447 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$64,250 → $38,906 (-39.4%)	$45,521 → $57,143 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$45,600 → $43,800 (-3.9%)	$27,100 → $80,100 (+195.6%)
Median gross rent	$818 → $617 (-24.6%)	$583 → $683 (+17.2%)

Bushton

Population

322237

Median household income

$64,250$38,906

Median home value

$45,600$43,800

Median gross rent

$818$617

Chase

Population

401447

Median household income

$45,521$57,143

Median home value

$27,100$80,100

Median gross rent

$583$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bushton	Chase
Under 5	5.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	20.6%
18 to 24	2.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	6.8%	3.4%
35 to 44	3.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	4.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	12.7%	19.9%
65 to 74	23.6%	11.0%
75 and over	27.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bushton	Chase
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	82.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	7.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bushton	Chase
No high school diploma	5.9%	13.2%
High school graduate	23.2%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	57.3%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bushton	Chase
Drove alone	80.0%	47.4%
Carpooled	12.9%	32.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.3%
Bicycle	5.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bushton	Chase
1-unit, detached	99.5%	92.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Bushton	Chase
Poverty rate	8.4%	13.2%
Average household size	1.90	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1948	1963