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Place dossier plate
SheetKS-KICKAPOO-SITE-5-KS · Kickapoo Site 5, KS 106 pop · income 48th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Kickapoo Site 5
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Kickapoo Site 5 on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Clio · lowest
32,625
Clio · lowest
32,625 median HH income
30.4% of the leader · rank #1
Sheldon · near
68,448
Sheldon · near
68,448 median HH income
63.8% of the leader · rank #2
Allendale · near
68,449
Allendale · near
68,449 median HH income
63.8% of the leader · rank #3
Kickapoo Site… · this city
68,450
Kickapoo Site… · this city
68,450 median HH income
63.8% of the leader · rank #4
Moscow Mills · near
68,451
Moscow Mills · near
68,451 median HH income
63.8% of the leader · rank #5
Greenville · near
68,460
Greenville · near
68,460 median HH income
63.8% of the leader · rank #6
Lawson · highest
107,250
Lawson · highest
107,250 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Kickapoo Site 5 on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 106.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Kickapoo Site 5 lands in the 48th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
48th
percentile, household income
0th
percentile, home value
6th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Kickapoo Site 5, KS
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 106 residents in Kickapoo Site 5, a small town within Kansas. The typical household in Kickapoo Site 5 brings in $68,450 a year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 11.8%. Home values in Kickapoo Site 5 run a median of $44,400, and the median resident age is 72.0 years. Educational attainment runs 1.2% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 8.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Kansas run below the national norm: the state registers 90.1 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $947 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $217 across Kansas, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Natural-hazard exposure scores 29.9 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Kickapoo Site 5's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Kickapoo Site 5, city-specific coverage includes the base Census profile only.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Kickapoo Site 5?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 0.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 11.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
Which cities make useful reference points for Kickapoo Site 5?
Within Kansas, the closest population matches are Bogue (106 residents, $46,406 income); Herndon (105 residents, $60,938 income); Oketo (105 residents, $73,534 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Nelchina, AK (106 residents); Lawson, AR (106 residents); Smithville, AR (106 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Below median income · poverty 11.8% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.1 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Kansas average
D
City profile score · Kickapoo Site 5, KS
44/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A
90.1 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Household income D
$68,450
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
11.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
1.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Kickapoo Site 5 profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 85/100 (A) · 90.1 index
Household income: 47/100 (D) · $68,450
Poverty rate: 33/100 (F) · 11.8%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 1.2%
How does Kickapoo Site 5 compare to other US cities?
Kickapoo Site 5 measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income48% higher than other cities
Home value0% pricier than other cities
Median rent6% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Kickapoo Site 5 against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Kansas only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Kansas-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Kickapoo Site 5 near the bottom of Kansas's cities
Among the 552 Kansas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Kickapoo Site 5 ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Kickapoo Site 5 only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#167 of 527
68th percentile in Kansas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 552
0th percentile in Kansas
Median Home Value
#486 of 527
8th percentile in Kansas
Poverty Rate
#145 of 552
73rd percentile in Kansas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#545 of 552
1st percentile in Kansas
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Kansas only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
48th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Kickapoo Site 5's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$44,400Among the most affordablemore affordable than 100% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Kickapoo Site 5's home-value-to-income ratio: 0.6×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#9 of 15,516
More affordable than 100% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 0.6×, Kickapoo Site 5 sits in the affordable band:
national rank #9 of 15,516 and #9 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$68,450Kickapoo Site 5, KS median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Kickapoo Site 5, KS median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Kickapoo Site 5, KS.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)1.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)11.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)8.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
106
Median Income
$68,450
Median Home Value
$44,400
Median Age
72.0
Poverty Rate
11.8%
Labor force participation
8.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
1.2%
Monthly Utility Costs
Kansas statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $217
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Kansas at $217 (electricity about $110 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Kansas statewide averages, not a meter reading for Kickapoo Site 5. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Kansas's BEA cost-of-living index is 90.1 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Kickapoo Site 5 is $947/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Kansas statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 29.9 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Kansas statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Kickapoo Site 5 sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Kickapoo Site 5 compares to similar-size Kansas cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.