What is the population of Independence city?

Independence city has 8,469 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #45 of 740 in Kansas.

What is the median household income in Independence city?

Median household income in Independence city is $49,164 a year, 37.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Independence city?

Median gross rent is $790 a month and the median home value is $78,500, so rent absorbs about 19.3% of median household income.

Is Independence city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Independence city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Independence, KS population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Independence, Kansas (Independence, KS — Census place “Independence city”) is 8,469 residents, ranking #45 of 740 places in Kansas. Median household income is $49,164, the median home is worth $78,500 and median gross rent runs $790 a month. Looking for the Independence Kansas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Independence, KS: 67301.

Population: 8,469Independence city residents
Median household income: $49,164Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $78,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $790Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 69.9%Owner-occupied households

Independence ZIP codes (Kansas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Independence.

The Independence KS ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

67301

What the numbers mean in Independence city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Independence city median would spend about 19.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.3% of residents and 69.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Independence city, KS in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Independence city is a mid-size town in Kansas, with 8,469 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #45 of 740 ranked by population — larger than 94% of them. The median age here is 38.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Independence city earn a median of $49,164 a year, 37.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 23% below the $63,750 median for the 200 Kansas cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 16.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Independence city is valued at $78,500, 74.1% below the national figure and 40% below the $131,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $790 a month, 43.8% below the national figure, or roughly $9,480 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 69.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

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What is the population of Independence city?: Independence city has 8,469 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #45 of 740 in Kansas.
What is the median household income in Independence city?: Median household income in Independence city is $49,164 a year, 37.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Independence city?: Median gross rent is $790 a month and the median home value is $78,500, so rent absorbs about 19.3% of median household income.
Is Independence city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Independence city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Independence city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.