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.

Conditions

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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

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 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