Cheney vs Clearwater

A side-by-side comparison of Cheney and Clearwater: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clearwater has the higher population (2,536 vs 2,386 in Cheney). Cheney has the higher median household income ($75,263 vs $72,266 in Clearwater). Clearwater has the higher median home value ($191,500 vs $148,000 in Cheney).

Population, income & housing

	Cheney	Clearwater
Population	2,386	2,536
Median age	36.6 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,263	$72,266
Median home value	$148,000	$191,500
Median gross rent	$960	$1,002
Housing units	819	907
Homeownership rate	77.4%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheney	Clearwater
Population	2,014 → 2,386 (+18.5%)	2,520 → 2,536 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$62,823 → $75,263 (+19.8%)	$71,875 → $72,266 (+0.5%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $148,000 (+20.5%)	$143,900 → $191,500 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $960 (+9.8%)	$711 → $1,002 (+40.9%)

Cheney

Population

2,0142,386

Median household income

$62,823$75,263

Median home value

$122,800$148,000

Median gross rent

$874$960

Clearwater

Population

2,5202,536

Median household income

$71,875$72,266

Median home value

$143,900$191,500

Median gross rent

$711$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheney	Clearwater
Under 5	6.0%	7.8%
5 to 17	24.1%	22.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.8%
35 to 44	17.2%	15.8%
45 to 54	11.8%	8.8%
55 to 64	7.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	7.9%
75 and over	6.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheney	Clearwater
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheney	Clearwater
No high school diploma	5.2%	5.1%
High school graduate	36.5%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheney	Clearwater
Drove alone	78.4%	83.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	7.4%
Other means	0.3%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheney	Clearwater
1-unit, detached	85.3%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Cheney	Clearwater
Poverty rate	7.7%	10.9%
Average household size	2.98	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1977	1976