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Place dossier plate
SheetKS-MCCONNELL-AFB-KS · McConnell AFB, KS 1,952 pop · income 42nd 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 McConnell AFB
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest McConnell AFB on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Humboldt · lowest
43,558
Humboldt · lowest
43,558 median HH income
42.1% of the leader · rank #1
Brandon · near
64,625
Brandon · near
64,625 median HH income
62.5% of the leader · rank #2
McConnell AFB · this city
64,632
McConnell AFB · this city
64,632 median HH income
62.5% of the leader · rank #3
Southgate · near
64,635
Southgate · near
64,635 median HH income
62.5% of the leader · rank #4
Gainesville · near
64,636
Gainesville · near
64,636 median HH income
62.5% of the leader · rank #5
Marshall · near
64,636
Marshall · near
64,636 median HH income
62.5% of the leader · rank #6
Melrose Park · highest
103,472
Melrose Park · highest
103,472 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 McConnell AFB 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: 1,952.
Nationally, McConnell AFB sits in the 42nd percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
42nd
percentile, household income
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: McConnell AFB, KS
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 1,952 residents in McConnell AFB, a small town within Kansas. McConnell AFB households earn a median of $64,632 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.1%. The median resident age is 22.4 years. Educational attainment runs 32.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 22.6% 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. The average commute for McConnell AFB workers runs 7.6 minutes, with 73.2% driving alone and 7.2% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 29.9 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of McConnell AFB'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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For McConnell AFB, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for McConnell AFB?
Within Kansas, the closest population matches are Humboldt (1,956 residents, $43,558 income); Cimarron (1,942 residents, $92,762 income); Wellsville (2,003 residents, $67,292 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Centerburg, OH (1,952 residents); Johnson City, TX (1,952 residents); Kemah, TX (1,952 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.
What does the journey to work look like in McConnell AFB?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.2%. The reported mean trip to work is 7.6 minutes.
Below median income · poverty 6.1% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.1 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Kansas average
C+
City profile score · McConnell AFB, KS
60/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share C+
32.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income D
$64,632
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
McConnell AFB profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 85/100 (A) · 90.1 index
Bachelor's+ share: 63/100 (C+) · 32.7%
Poverty rate: 58/100 (C) · 6.1%
Household income: 41/100 (D) · $64,632
How does McConnell AFB compare to other US cities?
McConnell AFB measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income42% higher 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 McConnell AFB 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 McConnell AFB near the bottom of Kansas's cities
Among the 552 Kansas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, McConnell AFB ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares McConnell AFB only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#208 of 527
61st percentile in Kansas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 552
0th percentile in Kansas
Poverty Rate
#299 of 552
46th percentile in Kansas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#84 of 552
85th 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
42nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$64,632McConnell AFB, KS median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context McConnell AFB, 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 McConnell AFB, KS.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)32.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)22.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,952
Median Income
$64,632
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
22.4
Poverty Rate
6.1%
Labor force participation
22.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
32.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
7.6 minutes
Drive Alone
73.2%
Carpool
6.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
13.0%
Work from Home
7.2%
Based on 1,073 workers 16 and over.
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 McConnell AFB. 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 McConnell AFB 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 McConnell AFB sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How McConnell AFB 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, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.