What is the population of Norton city?

Norton city has 2,704 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #100 of 740 in Kansas.

What is the median household income in Norton city?

Median household income in Norton city is $51,266 a year, 34.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $824 a month and the median home value is $94,100, so rent absorbs about 19.3% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Norton 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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Norton, KS population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Norton, Kansas (Norton, KS — Census place “Norton city”) is 2,704 residents, ranking #100 of 740 places in Kansas. Median household income is $51,266, the median home is worth $94,100 and median gross rent runs $824 a month. Looking for the Norton Kansas ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Norton, KS: 67654.

Population: 2,704Norton city residents
Median household income: $51,266Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $94,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $824Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 81.7%Owner-occupied households

Norton ZIP codes (Kansas)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Norton.

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

67654

What the numbers mean in Norton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Norton 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 1.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 4.1% of residents and 81.7% of households own their home.

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

Norton city, KS in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Norton city is a small town in Kansas, with 2,704 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #100 of 740 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 35.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Norton city earn a median of $51,266 a year, 34.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 20% below the $63,750 median for the 200 Kansas cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 4.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Norton city is valued at $94,100, 69% below the national figure and 28% below the $131,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $824 a month, 41.4% below the national figure, or roughly $9,888 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 1.8×, 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. 81.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Norton city?: Norton city has 2,704 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #100 of 740 in Kansas.
What is the median household income in Norton city?: Median household income in Norton city is $51,266 a year, 34.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Norton city?: Median gross rent is $824 a month and the median home value is $94,100, so rent absorbs about 19.3% of median household income.
Is Norton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Norton 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 Norton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.