With 14,479 people, Great Bend is a city in Kansas. 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, below the 36% national rate. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $133,900. Getting to work takes 14 minutes on average. Households here earn about 27% less than in Kansas as a whole. Median rent is $759 a month.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $54,139, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 36.5
US median: 38.9
Less educated
20% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 27%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Great Bend
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree15.4% → 19.9%(+4.5 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Hispanic share4.2% → 24.9%(+20.6 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Homes owned by their occupants65.5% → 55.9%(−9.6 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Great Bend's population equals 58% of Barton County's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 91% of the county's. Its number of veterans equals 39% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)10.6%(61)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)30%(173)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era27.9%(161)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War12.8%(74)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.2%(1)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 577 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Great Bend, decade by decade
Great Bend population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
15,427
$55,931
$100,323
15.4%
15.3
2000
15,345
$56,182
$105,838
17.5%
35.3
2010
15,995
$60,841
$106,023
19.9%
46.7
2020
14,733
$56,553
$123,386
20.3%
55.8
2024
14,479
$54,139
$133,900
19.9%
55.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
