Kansas · Census place 45500
Medicine Lodge city, KS
Quick answer
Medicine Lodge city has 1,518 residents, ranking #151 of 740 places in Kansas. Median household income is $54,663, the median home is worth $80,200 and median gross rent runs $711 a month.
- Population
- 1,518Medicine Lodge city residents
- Median household income
- $54,663Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $80,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $711Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 46.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 71.5%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Medicine Lodge city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Medicine Lodge city median would spend about 15.6% 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 1.5× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 11.2% of residents and 71.5% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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