Palco vs Stockton

A side-by-side comparison of Palco and Stockton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stockton has the higher population (1,521 vs 214 in Palco). Stockton has the higher median household income ($60,964 vs $52,292 in Palco). Stockton has the higher median home value ($85,300 vs $69,500 in Palco).

Population, income & housing

	Palco	Stockton
Population	214	1,521
Median age	41.2 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,292	$60,964
Median home value	$69,500	$85,300
Median gross rent	$538	$719
Housing units	132	781
Homeownership rate	84.9%	75.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palco	Stockton
Population	157 → 214 (+36.3%)	1,525 → 1,521 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$34,375 → $52,292 (+52.1%)	$45,288 → $60,964 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$56,700 → $69,500 (+22.6%)	$60,800 → $85,300 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$381 → $538 (+41.2%)	$518 → $719 (+38.8%)

Palco

Population

157214

Median household income

$34,375$52,292

Median home value

$56,700$69,500

Median gross rent

$381$538

Stockton

Population

1,5251,521

Median household income

$45,288$60,964

Median home value

$60,800$85,300

Median gross rent

$518$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palco	Stockton
Under 5	10.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	1.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	4.2%	11.0%
55 to 64	7.0%	15.7%
65 to 74	13.6%	11.9%
75 and over	21.0%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palco	Stockton
White (non-Hispanic)	83.6%	94.4%
Black or African American	7.9%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.5%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palco	Stockton
No high school diploma	6.5%	8.4%
High school graduate	23.2%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	51.6%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palco	Stockton
Drove alone	92.2%	85.0%
Carpooled	3.9%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palco	Stockton
1-unit, detached	93.2%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Palco	Stockton
Poverty rate	8.4%	6.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	14	12
Median year structure built	1952	1955