City · Mitchell County, Kansas

Beloit, Kansas

Beloit is a city in Mitchell County, Kansas. It has 3,029 residents. Beloit, Kansas has a quality-of-life score of 72 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,311 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Kansas it ranks #40 of 202 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), public libraries (high) and drug overdose deaths (low). It ranks worst on mental health care shortage (high), distance to an airport (high) and preventable hospital stays (high).

72High

Quality-of-life score: #4,311 of 15,651 cities and towns
Kansas: #40 of 202 in KS
Population: 3,029 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 772.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 2005775

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety74#4,036/15,637
Economy32#10,696/15,631
Housing92#1,177/14,977
Health42#9,074/15,609
Healthcare21#12,413/15,650
Environment53#7,207/15,453
Education77#3,630/15,649
Infrastructure55#7,043/15,650
Community93#1,043/15,651
Leisure & amenities99#187/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Beloit, Kansas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Mitchell County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Property crime rate · low62 /100k
100/100Kansas 1,797 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationMitchell County value
Public libraries · high5.2 /10k
99/100Kansas 1.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesMitchell County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Kansas 15.3 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionMitchell County value
Average commute time · low11.4 min
99/100Kansas 19.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Restaurants and bars · high17.9 /10k
98/100Kansas 7.9 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMitchell County value
Social associations · high19.2 /10k
97/100Kansas 13.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMitchell County value

Weaknesses

Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100Kansas 9.4United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMitchell County value
Distance to an airport · high131 mi
4/100Kansas 51 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMitchell County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,502 /100k
4/100Kansas 2,534 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMitchell County value
Job growth · low-3.1%
7/100Kansas 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataMitchell County value
Primary care shortage · high17.0
9/100Kansas 8.8United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMitchell County value
Average weekly wage · low$934
9/100Kansas $1,216United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMitchell County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
3,793 (2015-2019) → 3,029 (2020-2024)
−20%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedImproving
0.3 /1k (2021) → 3.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+858%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Average commute timeWorsening
6.6 min (2015-2019) → 11.4 min (2020-2024)
+73%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Child poverty rateWorsening
15.2% (2015-2019) → 26.2% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.4% (2015-2019) → 87.8% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
27.7% (2015-2019) → 23.0% (2020-2024)
−4.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Beloit, Kansas improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+10 points77.4% → 87.8%

Declined1

Commute+4.8 min6.6 min → 11.4 min

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Beloit, Kansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	6.6 min2015-2019	11.4 min2020-2024	+4.8 min	Declined	11%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%2015-2019	23.0%2020-2024	−4.7 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Broadband subscriptions	77.4%2015-2019	87.8%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	61%
Child poverty rate	15.2%2015-2019	26.2%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	11%
Effective property tax rate	1.93%2015-2019	1.65%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	72%
High school diploma or higher	94.9%2015-2019	90.9%2020-2024	−4 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	55%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4552015-2019	0.4922020-2024	+0.037	Within the margin of error	23%
Median household income	$46,1492015-2019	$52,1142020-2024	+13%	Within the margin of error	20%
Poverty rate	17.5%2015-2019	17.9%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Rent as share of income	23.0%2015-2019	25.4%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Rent-burdened households	35.7%2015-2019	36.0%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.6%2015-2019	12.8%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	18%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Beloit, Kansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Beloit, Kansas in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Beloit, Kansas itself moved −10.2 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,029 residents (±288)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (−5.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

3,029 residents (±288)

Beloit, Kansas
Kansas share

White90%2,722
Black0.2%†6
Hispanic or Latino6.0%182

Education

2,072 residents (±166)

Beloit, Kansas
Kansas share

No high school diploma9.1%†189
High school or GED27%563
Some college31%644

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,455 households (±139)

Beloit, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $25k24%†344
$25k–50k22%†326
$50k–75k20%†296
$75k–100k13%†190
$100k–150k8.0%†117
$150k–200k5.7%†83
$200k or more6.8%†99

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $150k–200k (+5.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,455 households (±139)

Beloit, Kansas
Kansas share

Own58%841
Rent42%614

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

524 households (±143)

Beloit, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $75059%†310
$750–1,00029%†150
$1,000–1,5009.2%†48

Home values

841 homes (±142)

Beloit, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $150k57%†479
$150k–250k18%†148
$250k–400k19%†157

Age of homes

1,602 homes (±139)

Beloit, Kansas
Kansas share

2010 or later1.4%†23
2000–200911%†184
1980–199912%†199

Size of homes

1,602 homes (±139)

Beloit, Kansas
Kansas share

Studio4.9%†79
1 bedroom12%†194
2 bedrooms27%440

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,388 workers (±214)

Beloit, Kansas
Kansas share

Drive alone76%1,059
Carpool7.3%†102
Public transit4.5%†62
Walk4.3%†60
Bike0.0%0
Work from home7.6%†105
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−10.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,283 workers (±199)

Beloit, Kansas
Kansas share

Under 15 min78%997
15–29 min11%†141
30–44 min5.1%†65

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Mitchell County, the county holding most of Beloit's residents.

Mitchell County has 237 employer establishments, 412 for every 10,000 residents (1.66× the US rate of 248; 1.60× Kansas's), with 2,346 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,066. The Census Bureau also counts 601 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 237; 601 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 412; US 248 · Kansas 258
Paid employees: 2,346
Average annual pay: $45,066; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Mitchell County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	16	27.8	1.33×More than typical	103	$53,320	15
Truck transportation	14	24.3	4.81×More than typical	59	$41,458	17
Restaurants and other eating places	13	22.6	1.23×About typical	137	$12,562	3
Religious organizations	11	19.1	3.45×More than typical	78	$19,103	—
Specialty trade contractors	11	19.1	1.23×About typical	100	$52,120	54
Construction of buildings	10	17.4	2.30×More than typical	43	$46,535	22
Full-service restaurants	10	17.4	2.26×More than typical	72	$13,319	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	9	15.6	3.56×Too few to compare	21	$49,381	14
Offices of other health practitioners	8	13.9	2.29×Too few to compare	19	$37,000	11
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	7	12.2	4.58×Too few to compare	64	$14,500	5
Automotive repair and maintenance	7	12.2	2.42×Too few to compare	29	$36,000	13
Other amusement and recreation industries	7	12.2	5.02×Too few to compare	64	$14,500	5

Rank places for an industry Open Mitchell County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 5,754 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Beloit is mostly in Mitchell County.

See federal money in Mitchell County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Beloit, Kansas is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Tracey MannR-KS-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 0.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Mitchell County83100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Mitchell County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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