COMPARING TWO PLACES
Hepler vs Chanute
PLACE A
Hepler, Kansas
VS
PLACE B
Chanute, Kansas
Hepler is 99% smaller than Chanute. Hepler earns more, with a median household income $2,868 higher. Chanute has grown faster since 2000 (-4% vs -32%).
HEPLERCHANUTEDIFFERENCE
Total population918,584−99% vs Chanute
Population density911,209−1,118
Population growth-31.8%-4.4%−27.5 pts
Median age16.036.1−20.1
Male38.3%47.6%−9.3 pts
Female61.7%52.4%+9.3 pts
Foreign-born25.0%2.1%+22.9 pts
White, non-Hispanic18.3%85.5%−67.1 pts
Black0.0%1.7%−1.7 pts
Hispanic / Latino70.0%8.4%+61.6 pts
Asian0.0%0.7%−0.7 pts
Other11.7%3.7%+8.0 pts
Median household income$53,750$50,882+$2,868
Per capita income$17,369$30,790−$13,421
Poverty rate11.7%17.3%−5.7 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.2350.441−0.2
Bachelor's degree or higher3.8%21.6%−17.9 pts
Graduate degree3.8%5.8%−2.1 pts
Unemployment rate19.6%5.2%+14.3 pts
Labor force participation76.7%63.3%+13.4 pts
Median home value$31,300$78,000−$46,700
Median gross rent$425$717−$292
Owner-occupied90.0%69.2%+20.8 pts
Housing vacancy rate38.8%13.1%+25.7 pts
Rent-burdened households0.0%51.7%−51.7 pts
Average commute12.912.7+0.1
Worked from home5.4%3.2%+2.2 pts
Public transit to work0.0%0.1%−0.1 pts
Uninsured2.5%12.1%−9.6 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025