Population

54,673

US Census estimate, July 2025

Median home value

$246,700

Owner-occupied units

Manhattan, KS

Kansas · 39.188° N, 96.606° W · 20 sq mi

Manhattan is a city in Kansas, with a population of 54,673 and about 2,681 residents per square mile. The median household earns $60,172 a year, and the median home is worth $246,700.

Conditions

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Size & density

Land area

20 sq mi

Water excluded

Population density

2,681

People per square mile

Rank by population

#810

Of cities on this site

Rank by area

#638

Of cities on this site

Money & housing

Median household income

$60,172

US median ≈ $78,538

Median gross rent

$1,003

Per month

Homeownership

43.5%

US ≈ 65%

Average commute

17.3 min

One way

People

Median age

25.7

US median 39.1

Bachelor's degree +

53.3%

Age 25 and over

Foreign born

7.6%

Households

22,266

2.14 people each

Climate · 2021–2025 average

Clear days 45^/yr Mostly or fully clear sky

Days with rain 116^/yr 0.01 in or more

Days with snow 21^/yr

Days above 90° 50^/yr

Below freezing 90^/yr

Annual rainfall 30.5ⁱⁿ Inches per year, scaled to 70 in — the rows above count days

Warmest month

July

Average high 91°F

Coldest month

January

Average low 21°F

What people here do for work

Education & health care 37^%

Arts, food & hospitality 13.3^%

Retail trade 10.6^%

Professional & business services 9.4^%

Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024

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

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

State of Kansas

State bird

Western Meadowlark

State flower

Wild Native Sunflower

State capital

Topeka

Nickname

The Sunflower State

Compare Manhattan with

Cities near Manhattan

Topeka, KS50 mi · 125,795
Lawrence, KS74 mi · 96,367
Shawnee, KS97 mi · 69,848
Olathe, KS98 mi · 150,025
Lenexa, KS98 mi · 60,506
Kansas City, KS100 mi · 157,805
St. Joseph, MO103 mi · 71,001
Overland Park, KS105 mi · 203,677