St. John vs Stafford

A side-by-side comparison of St. John and Stafford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. John has the higher population (1,247 vs 680 in Stafford). St. John has the higher median household income ($71,726 vs $38,424 in Stafford). St. John has the higher median home value ($90,900 vs $64,800 in Stafford).

Population, income & housing

	St. John	Stafford
Population	1,247	680
Median age	35.5 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,726	$38,424
Median home value	$90,900	$64,800
Median gross rent	$832	$491
Housing units	523	495
Homeownership rate	82.8%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	St. John	Stafford
Population	1,390 → 1,247 (-10.3%)	939 → 680 (-27.6%)
Median household income	$53,362 → $71,726 (+34.4%)	$29,492 → $38,424 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$74,500 → $90,900 (+22.0%)	$36,900 → $64,800 (+75.6%)
Median gross rent	$666 → $832 (+24.9%)	$539 → $491 (-8.9%)

St. John

Population

1,3901,247

Median household income

$53,362$71,726

Median home value

$74,500$90,900

Median gross rent

$666$832

Stafford

Population

939680

Median household income

$29,492$38,424

Median home value

$36,900$64,800

Median gross rent

$539$491

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	St. John	Stafford
Under 5	8.3%	2.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	18.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	8.6%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	4.7%
55 to 64	11.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	9.1%	17.1%
75 and over	11.4%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	St. John	Stafford
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	St. John	Stafford
No high school diploma	8.4%	10.7%
High school graduate	22.6%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	45.5%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	St. John	Stafford
Drove alone	84.6%	75.4%
Carpooled	11.0%	16.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	St. John	Stafford
1-unit, detached	93.3%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	2.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	St. John	Stafford
Poverty rate	15.4%	13.8%
Average household size	2.84	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1944	1951