Clearwater vs Kechi

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

Clearwater 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 2,536 in Clearwater). Kechi has the higher median household income ($102,794 vs $72,266 in Clearwater). Kechi has the higher median home value ($264,200 vs $191,500 in Clearwater).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	Kechi
Population	2,536	2,935
Median age	37.0 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,266	$102,794
Median home value	$191,500	$264,200
Median gross rent	$1,002	$1,610
Housing units	907	1,034
Homeownership rate	73.9%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	Kechi
Population	2,520 → 2,536 (+0.6%)	2,745 → 2,935 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $72,266 (+0.5%)	$98,873 → $102,794 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$143,900 → $191,500 (+33.1%)	$190,000 → $264,200 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $1,002 (+40.9%)	$1,551 → $1,610 (+3.8%)

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

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)

	Clearwater	Kechi
Under 5	7.8%	13.9%
5 to 17	22.3%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	3.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	15.2%
35 to 44	15.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.1%
75 and over	8.1%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	Kechi
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	68.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.4%
Asian	2.1%	12.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	Kechi
No high school diploma	5.1%	3.3%
High school graduate	26.2%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	Kechi
Drove alone	83.4%	80.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.4%	7.1%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	Kechi
1-unit, detached	82.4%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	Kechi
Poverty rate	10.9%	2.3%
Average household size	2.80	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1976	1997