Wilson County, Kansas

Wilson County has a population of 8,505 and has shrunk 3.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $93,500, about 1.5 times the county's median household income of $60,677.

Home price
$93,500
Income
$60,677
Population
8,505
Unemployment
3.0%

Housing

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

Median home price$93,500county
Median gross rent$736county
Median year homes here were built1965county
Share of homes built before 198066.7%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile10.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant21.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use3.3%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$1,103county
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$60,677county
Family health premium / yr$24,220(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,105(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate15.5%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 home4.2%county
Unemployment rate3.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force60.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed8.4%county
Share of workers employed by government23.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry26.4%county
Economic output per resident$45,738county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.48%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 time20.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service73 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport18362county
Miles to nearest general aviation field7.2 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station95 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.6%county
Traffic deaths94.1county
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 higher19.9%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher90.3%county
Public schools in the county8county
Public school enrollment1546county
Students per full-time teacher12.0county
Free lunch eligible53.6%county
Elementary schools5county
Middle schools0county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution56 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians47county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter8.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.2%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year8.8%county
Frequent mental distress15.9%county
No leisure-time physical activity28.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes13.6%county

Place

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

Population8,505county
Land area in square miles570county
People per square mile of land14.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store9.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-3.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-10county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age42.7 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over23.1%county
Share of households that are one person29.1%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.8%county
Second languages2.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls39.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents360county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents10county
Households that moved in183county
Households that moved away240county
Average income of arriving households$44,279county
Average income of departing households$43,400county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes4county
Housing units authorised in the latest year16county
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 temperature58.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation35.6 incounty
Annual snowfall7.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.41 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F43 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing80 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days196 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 13county
Average first fall frostOct 26county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$123county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh14.3¢county
Household electricity use861 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.23(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity20.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas57.0%county
Homes heated by propane16.5%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.7%county
Homes heated by wood3.3%county
Households with broadband83.6%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk25.7county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk64.5county
Landslide risk37.2county
Hail risk35.4county
Earthquake risk26.8county
Tornado risk51.6county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk45.3county
Winter weather risk52.2county
Strong wind risk54.7county
Wildfire risk59.0county

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 Wilson 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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