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Place dossier plate
SheetKS-REPUBLIC-KS · Republic, KS 144 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 Republic
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Republic on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Yellow Bluff · lowest
12,107
Yellow Bluff · lowest
12,107 median HH income
9.6% of the leader · rank #1
Monroe City · near
70,250
Monroe City · near
70,250 median HH income
55.6% of the leader · rank #2
Springtown · near
70,254
Springtown · near
70,254 median HH income
55.6% of the leader · rank #3
Republic · this city
70,259
Republic · this city
70,259 median HH income
55.7% of the leader · rank #4
Bowen · near
70,263
Bowen · near
70,263 median HH income
55.7% of the leader · rank #5
Oronoque · near
70,264
Oronoque · near
70,264 median HH income
55.7% of the leader · rank #6
Freedom Acres · highest
126,250
Freedom Acres · highest
126,250 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 Republic 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: 144.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Republic lands in the 50th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
50th
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: Republic, KS
144 people live in Republic, Kansas - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Republic households earn a median of $70,259 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.1%. The median resident age is 61.8 years. About 3.4% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 42.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $947 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Kansas run around $217, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for Republic workers runs 21.7 minutes, with 86.3% driving alone and 13.7% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 29.9 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Republic'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 population change to work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Republic, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Is Republic growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -2 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -2.4% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
What does the journey to work look like in Republic?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 86.3%. The reported mean trip to work is 21.7 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Which cities make useful reference points for Republic?
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.
Within Kansas, the closest population matches are Fort Dodge (145 residents, $31,667 income); Long Island (143 residents, $69,375 income); Morland (143 residents, $60,417 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Yellow Bluff, AL (144 residents); Eareckson Station, AK (144 residents); Freedom Acres, AZ (144 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.
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 B+
3.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C-
$70,259
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
3.4%
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).
Republic profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 85/100 (A) · 90.1 index
Poverty rate: 78/100 (B+) · 3.1%
Household income: 50/100 (C-) · $70,259
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 3.4%
How does Republic compare to other US cities?
Here's how Republic 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
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 Republic 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 Republic near the bottom of Kansas's cities
Among the 552 Kansas cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Republic ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Republic only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#152 of 527
71st percentile in Kansas
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 552
0th percentile in Kansas
Poverty Rate
#417 of 552
24th percentile in Kansas
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#531 of 552
4th 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. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$70,259Republic, KS median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Republic, 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 Republic, KS.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)3.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)42.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
144
Median Income
$70,259
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
61.8
Poverty Rate
3.1%
Labor force participation
42.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
3.4%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Republic's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
82 residents
2021
83 residents
2022
81 residents
2023
80 residents
2024
80 residents
2025
80 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
21.7 minutes
Drive Alone
86.3%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
13.7%
Based on 51 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 Republic. 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 Republic 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 Republic sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Republic 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.