Population

400,987

US Census estimate, July 2025

Median home value

$190,800

Owner-occupied units

Wichita, KS

Kansas · 37.691° N, 97.346° W · 165 sq mi

Wichita is a city in Kansas, with a population of 400,987 and about 2,429 residents per square mile. The median household earns $64,620 a year, and the median home is worth $190,800.

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Size & density

Land area

165 sq mi

Water excluded

Population density

2,429

People per square mile

Rank by population

#52

Of cities on this site

Rank by area

#42

Of cities on this site

Money & housing

Median household income

$64,620

US median ≈ $78,538

Median gross rent

$975

Per month

Homeownership

58.9%

US ≈ 65%

Average commute

18.4 min

One way

People

Median age

35.7

US median 39.1

Bachelor's degree +

31.1%

Age 25 and over

Foreign born

10.3%

Households

158,589

2.46 people each

Climate · 2021–2025 average

Clear days 54^/yr Mostly or fully clear sky

Days with rain 114^/yr 0.01 in or more

Days with snow 15^/yr

Days above 90° 52^/yr

Below freezing 75^/yr

Annual rainfall 33.3ⁱⁿ Inches per year, scaled to 70 in — the rows above count days

Warmest month

July

Average high 91°F

Coldest month

January

Average low 24°F

What people here do for work

Education & health care 22.8^%

Manufacturing 17.8^%

Retail trade 11.1^%

Professional & business services 9.6^%

Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024

State of Kansas

State bird

Western Meadowlark

State flower

Wild Native Sunflower

State capital

Topeka

Nickname

The Sunflower State

Compare Wichita with

Cities near Wichita

Enid, OK93 mi · 50,297
Stillwater, OK109 mi · 50,046
Manhattan, KS111 mi · 54,673
Topeka, KS129 mi · 125,795
Tulsa, OK134 mi · 416,209
Edmond, OK139 mi · 100,479
Broken Arrow, OK143 mi · 124,991
Lawrence, KS143 mi · 96,367

Cities about the same size

Wealthiest person in Kansas

Name

Charles Koch & family

Forbes, Apr 2025

Net worth

$67.5B

As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live

Lives in

Wichita

Source of wealth

Koch, Inc.

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

Largest employer in Kansas · private sector

Employer

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Sector

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No verified figure for this state. There is no free, authoritative source for largest private employer.

Largest public company in Kansas

Company

Seaboard Corporation

Revenue

$9.1B

Fiscal year 2024

Headquarters

Merriam

Ticker

SEB