Bison vs Timken

A side-by-side comparison of Bison and Timken: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bison has the higher population (201 vs 47 in Timken). Bison has the higher median household income ($63,250 vs $39,375 in Timken). Timken has the higher median home value ($54,300 vs $51,000 in Bison).

Population, income & housing

	Bison	Timken
Population	201	47
Median age	42.3 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,250	$39,375
Median home value	$51,000	$54,300
Housing units	122	26
Homeownership rate	97.8%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	22.1%	23.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bison	Timken
Population	167 → 201 (+20.4%)	79 → 47 (-40.5%)
Median household income	$39,688 → $63,250 (+59.4%)	$27,500 → $39,375 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$52,500 → $51,000 (-2.9%)	$41,400 → $54,300 (+31.2%)

Bison

Population

167201

Median household income

$39,688$63,250

Median home value

$52,500$51,000

Timken

Population

7947

Median household income

$27,500$39,375

Median home value

$41,400$54,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bison	Timken
Under 5	6.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	8.0%	2.1%
18 to 24	14.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	20.4%	2.1%
35 to 44	2.0%	2.1%
45 to 54	8.0%	27.7%
55 to 64	22.4%	25.5%
65 to 74	12.4%	23.4%
75 and over	6.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bison	Timken
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.0%	17.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bison	Timken
No high school diploma	2.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.6%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bison	Timken
Drove alone	93.7%	92.3%
Carpooled	4.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bison	Timken
1-unit, detached	97.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bison	Timken
Poverty rate	24.4%	6.4%
Average household size	2.21	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1938	1954