Cheney vs Oaklawn-Sunview

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

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

Oaklawn-Sunview has the higher population (2,952 vs 2,386 in Cheney). Cheney has the higher median household income ($75,263 vs $37,986 in Oaklawn-Sunview). Cheney has the higher median home value ($148,000 vs $48,000 in Oaklawn-Sunview).

Population, income & housing

	Cheney	Oaklawn-Sunview
Population	2,386	2,952
Median age	36.6 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,263	$37,986
Median home value	$148,000	$48,000
Median gross rent	$960	$863
Housing units	819	1,365
Homeownership rate	77.4%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	1.6%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheney	Oaklawn-Sunview
Population	2,014 → 2,386 (+18.5%)	3,441 → 2,952 (-14.2%)
Median household income	$62,823 → $75,263 (+19.8%)	$28,601 → $37,986 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$122,800 → $148,000 (+20.5%)	$46,900 → $48,000 (+2.3%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $960 (+9.8%)	$726 → $863 (+18.9%)

Cheney

Population

2,0142,386

Median household income

$62,823$75,263

Median home value

$122,800$148,000

Median gross rent

$874$960

Oaklawn-Sunview

Population

3,4412,952

Median household income

$28,601$37,986

Median home value

$46,900$48,000

Median gross rent

$726$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheney	Oaklawn-Sunview
Under 5	6.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	24.1%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	15.0%
25 to 34	9.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	17.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	17.6%
55 to 64	7.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	8.9%	6.9%
75 and over	6.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheney	Oaklawn-Sunview
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	51.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	19.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheney	Oaklawn-Sunview
No high school diploma	5.2%	36.4%
High school graduate	36.5%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	1.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheney	Oaklawn-Sunview
Drove alone	78.4%	71.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	20.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	2.2%
Other means	0.3%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheney	Oaklawn-Sunview
1-unit, detached	85.3%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Cheney	Oaklawn-Sunview
Poverty rate	7.7%	27.7%
Average household size	2.98	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1977	1953