Otis vs Timken

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

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

Otis has the higher population (434 vs 47 in Timken). Otis has the higher median household income ($61,111 vs $39,375 in Timken). Otis has the higher median home value ($63,100 vs $54,300 in Timken).

Population, income & housing

	Otis	Timken
Population	434	47
Median age	26.9 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,111	$39,375
Median home value	$63,100	$54,300
Median gross rent	$964	—
Housing units	148	26
Homeownership rate	91.8%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.2%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	23.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Otis	Timken
Population	218 → 434 (+99.1%)	79 → 47 (-40.5%)
Median household income	$33,333 → $61,111 (+83.3%)	$27,500 → $39,375 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$35,000 → $63,100 (+80.3%)	$41,400 → $54,300 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $964 (+60.7%)	—

Otis

Population

218434

Median household income

$33,333$61,111

Median home value

$35,000$63,100

Median gross rent

$600$964

Timken

Population

7947

Median household income

$27,500$39,375

Median home value

$41,400$54,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Otis	Timken
Under 5	14.1%	2.1%
5 to 17	25.8%	2.1%
18 to 24	4.8%	8.5%
25 to 34	9.9%	2.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	2.1%
45 to 54	7.1%	27.7%
55 to 64	10.6%	25.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	23.4%
75 and over	3.0%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Otis	Timken
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	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	2.5%	17.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Otis	Timken
No high school diploma	13.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	41.7%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree	1.7%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Otis	Timken
Drove alone	88.8%	92.3%
Carpooled	1.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Otis	Timken
1-unit, detached	98.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Otis	Timken
Poverty rate	17.5%	6.4%
Average household size	3.56	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1938	1954