City safety & data profile

Dodge CityKS

Dodge City, KS is a 28K-resident city in Ford County with a median household income of $68,721.

Ford County, Kansas. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Dodge City, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Dodge City has a population larger than 60% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $151,700, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

28K
Population (place)
Top 40%
By size
$68,721
Median income (place)
$151,700
Median home (place)
14.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Dodge City

Dodge City posts a median household income higher than 35% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Dodge City area.

Bottom 36%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Dodge City

Where Dodge City income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$68,721 Bottom 35% higher than 35% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Dodge City $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in KS

Population among 36 KS places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Wichita is the largest KS city on this list; Leawood leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in KS

Median household income among the same 36-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Leawood posts the highest place-level median income in KS; Wichita is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Dodge City, KS beyond the headline numbers

Dodge City sits inside Ford County, Kansas, at roughly 37.75°N, -100.02°W. Population 27,912, $68,721 median household income. Median home value $151,700, median rent $1,045. Poverty rate 14.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Dodge City, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Dodge City, KS stands at 14.6%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Dodge City runs about 2.2 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 1.9% of Dodge City workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 24.1% in Dodge City, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Dodge City workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Dodge City's median age is 30.2 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Dodge City from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
27,912
Dodge City · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$68,721
-23% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$151,700
-63% vs avg
Median Age (place)
30.2
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Ford County): Dodge City's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
34K-0%
Median Income
$70,781+38%
Median Home Value
$151,100+70%
Poverty Rate
14%-10%
Unemployment
5%-21%

Economics

Economics indicators for Dodge City, KS
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,045/mo
Poverty Rate
14.6% +18% vs avg
Unemployment 5.6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 20%
Work From Home 1.9%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 40.7%
African American 2.9%
Asian 1.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
39.6%
Short Sleep Duration
38.1%
Physical Inactivity
35%
High Blood Pressure
31.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
24.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.3%
Binge Drinking
16.2%
Current Smoking
15.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.4%
Diabetes
12.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 55%
Annual Checkup 71.2%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.9%
Stroke
3.1%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
CENTURA ST. CATHERINE-DODGE CITY
DODGE CITY · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Dodge City?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Dodge City right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet KS-DODGE-CITY · Dodge City

Dodge City: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Dodge City; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Kansas state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Dodge City, KS? ▼
Dodge City, KS has a population of 27,912 people, located in Ford County, Kansas.
What is the median household income in Dodge City? ▼
The median household income in Dodge City, KS is $68,721 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 14.6%.
What is the median home value in Dodge City? ▼
The median home value in Dodge City, KS is $151,700. Median rent is $1,045/month.
What are the top health concerns in Dodge City? ▼
The top health indicators in Dodge City include Obesity (39.6%), Short Sleep Duration (38.1%), Physical Inactivity (35%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Dodge City? ▼
Dodge City has 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Dodge City? ▼
The median age in Dodge City, KS is 30.2 years. 20% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Dodge City, both outside Kansas so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside KS (14.6% here).

Kansas City, MO 14.6% Inglewood, CA 14.6% Cicero, IL 14.6% National City, CA 14.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside KS ($68,721 here).

East Los Angeles, CA $68,741 Auburn, IN $68,750 Adelanto, CA $68,685 Springfield, OR $68,761

Compare Dodge City with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Garden City, KS 27K Liberal, KS 21K Hays, KS 21K Great Bend, KS 16K Woodward, OK 13K Guymon, OK 12K Hutchinson, KS 42K Pampa, TX 18K
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Using Dodge City's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Dodge City area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Dodge City against Kansas peers on any ranking lens. Explore Kansas

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Ford County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.