Pawnee County, Kansas

Pawnee County has a population of 6,144 and has shrunk 4.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $93,000, about 1.5 times the county's median household income of $63,517.

Home price
$93,000
Income
$63,517
Population
6,144
Unemployment
1.2%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$93,000county
Median gross rent$795county
Median year homes here were built1956county
Share of homes built before 198077.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile6.4%county
Share of homes that are vacant21.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented33.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.6%county
Typical monthly rent$1,380(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$877county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$668county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,183county
Home insurance / yr$5,260(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living88.8(statewide)
Median household income$63,517county
Family health premium / yr$24,220(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,105(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate11.5%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home12.5%county
Unemployment rate1.2%county
Share of adults in the labor force53.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed16.3%county
Share of workers employed by government22.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.6%county
Economic output per resident$57,414county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate2.03%county
Top state income tax5.58%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.58%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.71%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time19.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service46 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport15002county
Miles to nearest general aviation field3.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station56 micounty
Households without a vehicle7.1%county
Traffic deaths0.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-4.2(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher18.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher87.1%county
Public schools in the county5county
Public school enrollment979county
Students per full-time teacher10.8county
Free lunch eligible50.3%county
Elementary schools2county
Middle schools1county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution39 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians96county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter6.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance10.7%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year12.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.2%county
Frequent mental distress14.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity27.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.7%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population6,144county
Land area in square miles754county
People per square mile of land8.1county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store46.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract23.2%county
Population change since 2020-4.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-4county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age46.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1814.5%county
Share of residents 65 and over23.3%county
Share of households that are one person40.3%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.8%county
Second languages1.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls52.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents320county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-5county
Households that moved in124county
Households that moved away181county
Average income of arriving households$47,895county
Average income of departing households$43,497county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes0county
Housing units authorised in the latest year0county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings40.3%(statewide)
Violent crime rate439(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature55.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation31.2 incounty
Annual snowfall13.4 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.74 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F54 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing111 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days191 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 19county
Average first fall frostOct 27county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$101county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh11.4¢county
Household electricity use886 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.23(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity27.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas53.5%county
Homes heated by propane13.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil2.6%county
Homes heated by wood0.5%county
Households with broadband89.8%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk20.7county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk90.6county
Landslide risk4.4county
Hail risk90.3county
Earthquake risk19.8county
Tornado risk55.3county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk14.8county
Winter weather risk34.2county
Strong wind risk47.2county
Wildfire risk55.1county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Pawnee County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Kansas figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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