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SheetKS-PARK-CITY-KS · Park City, KS 7,726 pop · income 50th 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 Park City
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Park City on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Independence · lowest
49,164
Independence · lowest
49,164 median HH income
27.2% of the leader · rank #1
Bryceland · near
70,313
Bryceland · near
70,313 median HH income
38.9% of the leader · rank #2
Venango · near
70,313
Venango · near
70,313 median HH income
38.9% of the leader · rank #3
Old Forge · near
70,313
Old Forge · near
70,313 median HH income
38.9% of the leader · rank #4
Park City · this city
70,317
Park City · this city
70,317 median HH income
38.9% of the leader · rank #5
Wawona · near
70,320
Wawona · near
70,320 median HH income
38.9% of the leader · rank #6
Manhasset · highest
180,776
Manhasset · highest
180,776 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Park City on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 7,726.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Park City - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Park City lands in the 50th percentile for household income and the 21st percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
50th
percentile, household income
31st
percentile, home value
6th
percentile, median rent
21st
percentile, safety
📝 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: Park City, KS
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 7,726 residents in Park City, a small town within Kansas. The typical household in Park City brings in $70,317 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.3%. Park City's housing stock carries a median value of $163,800, and the median resident age is 34.5 years. Educational attainment runs 24.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 64.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 159 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 106% from five years earlier. Crime here tracks close to the national norm: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 2603.4 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, near the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Kansas run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Kansas scores 90.1 (Well Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. 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. 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 Park City'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 housing and income to population change to reported crime to work and mobility to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Park City, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Park City?
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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within Kansas, the closest population matches are Bonner Springs (7,735 residents, $81,865 income); Wellington (7,643 residents, $49,526 income); Fort Scott (7,551 residents, $60,799 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Kill Devil Hills, NC (7,727 residents); Sky Lake, FL (7,728 residents); Manhasset, NY (7,730 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Park City?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Is Park City growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1,054 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +12.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 159 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Park City?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2603.4 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 14% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Park City?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 78.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
Drive alone
78.4%
Work from home
8.3%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 3,776 workers age 16+.
What does the education layer cover for Park City?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 24.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
6.3%
Bachelor's degree+
24.3%
Matched public schools
1
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Below median income · poverty 6.3% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.1 (US=100)
Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, Kansas average
C
City profile score · Park City, KS
57/100
5 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.
Poverty rate C
6.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C-
$70,317
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share D
24.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime D
201 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Park City profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 85/100 (A) · 90.1 index
Poverty rate: 57/100 (C) · 6.3%
Household income: 50/100 (C-) · $70,317
Bachelor's+ share: 47/100 (D) · 24.3%
Violent crime: 47/100 (D) · 201 /100k
Where Park City sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Park City's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Park City highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Park City, KS (this city): home $163,800, crime 2,603/100k
Kill Devil Hills, NC : home $401,700, crime 1,714/100k
Jefferson, WI : home $222,100, crime 1,620/100k
Bonner Springs, KS : home $223,800, crime 1,992/100k
Wellington, KS : home $90,000, crime 2,789/100k
Fort Scott, KS : home $89,400, crime 1,981/100k
Basehor, KS : home $314,100, crime 738/100k
Independence, KS : home $78,500, crime 4,128/100k
How does Park City compare to other US cities?
Here's how Park City stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income50% higher than other cities
Home value31% pricier than other cities
Median rent6% pricier than other cities
Safety21% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Kansas, Park City ranks #90 of 109 Kansas cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Park City 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 Park City near the bottom of Kansas's cities
Among the 552 Kansas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Park City ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Park City only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#150 of 527
72nd percentile in Kansas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 552
0th percentile in Kansas
Median Home Value
#98 of 527
81st percentile in Kansas
Poverty Rate
#296 of 552
46th percentile in Kansas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#180 of 552
67th 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
50th percentile nationally for median household income · 21st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Park City's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Park City's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Park City's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$163,800Among the most affordablemore affordable than 69% 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
Park City's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#3,116 of 15,516
More affordable than 80% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#2,871 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.3×, Park City sits in the affordable band:
national rank #3,116 of 15,516 and #2,871 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
$70,317Park City, KS median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Park City, 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 Park City, KS.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)24.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)64.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
7,726
Median Income
$70,317
Median Home Value
$163,800
Median Age
34.5
Poverty Rate
6.3%
Labor force participation
64.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
24.3%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2603.4
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
201.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2402.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Park City's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
8,404 residents
2021
8,473 residents
2022
8,668 residents
2023
8,849 residents
2024
9,089 residents
2025
9,458 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
159
housing units authorized
Single-Family
147
detached homes
Multifamily
12
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
20.6
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
77
41
36
$11.7M
2020
49
33
16
$7.9M
2021
101
55
46
$88.7M
2022
82
40
42
$55.7M
2023
103
47
56
$20.0M
2024
159
147
12
$26.2M
Permit volume increased 106% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
78.4%
Carpool
7.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
4.7%
Work from Home
8.3%
Other
1.0%
Based on 3,776 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 Park City. 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 Park City 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 Park City sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Park City 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, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, 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.