Cheney vs Kechi

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

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

Kechi has the higher population (2,935 vs 2,386 in Cheney). Kechi has the higher median household income ($102,794 vs $75,263 in Cheney). Kechi has the higher median home value ($264,200 vs $148,000 in Cheney).

Population, income & housing

	Cheney	Kechi
Population	2,386	2,935
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,263	$102,794
Median home value	$148,000	$264,200
Median gross rent	$960	$1,610
Housing units	819	1,034
Homeownership rate	77.4%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheney	Kechi
Population	2,014 → 2,386 (+18.5%)	2,745 → 2,935 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$62,823 → $75,263 (+19.8%)	$98,873 → $102,794 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $148,000 (+20.5%)	$190,000 → $264,200 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $960 (+9.8%)	$1,551 → $1,610 (+3.8%)

Cheney

Population

2,0142,386

Median household income

$62,823$75,263

Median home value

$122,800$148,000

Median gross rent

$874$960

Kechi

Population

2,7452,935

Median household income

$98,873$102,794

Median home value

$190,000$264,200

Median gross rent

$1,551$1,610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheney	Kechi
Under 5	6.0%	13.9%
5 to 17	24.1%	13.0%
18 to 24	8.3%	3.4%
25 to 34	9.7%	15.2%
35 to 44	17.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	7.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.1%
75 and over	6.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheney	Kechi
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	68.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	12.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheney	Kechi
No high school diploma	5.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	36.5%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheney	Kechi
Drove alone	78.4%	80.3%
Carpooled	10.0%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.8%	7.1%
Other means	0.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheney	Kechi
1-unit, detached	85.3%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Cheney	Kechi
Poverty rate	7.7%	2.3%
Average household size	2.98	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1977	1997