Park City vs Wichita

A side-by-side comparison of Park City and Wichita: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wichita has the higher population (396,488 vs 7,726 in Park City). Park City has the higher median household income ($70,317 vs $63,072 in Wichita). Wichita has the higher median home value ($179,500 vs $163,800 in Park City).

Population, income & housing

	Park City	Wichita
Population	7,726	396,488
Median age	34.5 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,317	$63,072
Median home value	$163,800	$179,500
Median gross rent	$1,065	$960
Housing units	2,974	175,539
Homeownership rate	75.1%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Park City	Wichita
Population	8,138 → 7,726 (-5.1%)	389,877 → 396,488 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$72,708 → $70,317 (-3.3%)	$52,620 → $63,072 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $163,800 (+21.8%)	$133,400 → $179,500 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,065 (+13.3%)	$809 → $960 (+18.7%)

Park City

Population

8,1387,726

Median household income

$72,708$70,317

Median home value

$134,500$163,800

Median gross rent

$940$1,065

Wichita

Population

389,877396,488

Median household income

$52,620$63,072

Median home value

$133,400$179,500

Median gross rent

$809$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Park City	Wichita
Under 5	8.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.9%	9.8%
25 to 34	18.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	15.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	9.4%
75 and over	3.6%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Park City	Wichita
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	60.2%
Black or African American	5.8%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.5%
Asian	2.0%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Park City	Wichita
No high school diploma	5.1%	12.0%
High school graduate	29.1%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Park City	Wichita
Drove alone	78.4%	80.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	4.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.3%	6.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Park City	Wichita
1-unit, detached	82.4%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.4%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Park City	Wichita
Poverty rate	15.2%	15.9%
Average household size	2.77	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1989	1974