City · Chautauqua County, Kansas

Sedan, Kansas

Sedan is a city in Chautauqua County, Kansas. It has 1,050 residents. Sedan, Kansas has a quality-of-life score of 30 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,969 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Kansas it ranks #182 of 202 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), distance to an emergency room (low) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on average weekly wage (low), mammography screening (low) and job growth (low).

30Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,969 of 15,651 cities and towns
Kansas: #182 of 202 in KS
Population: 1,050 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,277.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 2063750

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety60#6,305/15,637
Economy20#12,515/15,631
Housing98#273/14,977
Health11#13,815/15,609
Healthcare35#10,118/15,650
Environment3#14,951/15,453
Education47#8,336/15,649
Infrastructure23#12,099/15,650
Community43#8,931/15,651
Leisure & amenities50#7,834/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Sedan, Kansas ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Chautauqua 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

Home price to income ratio · low0.9×
100/100Kansas 2.9×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Distance to an emergency room · low1.6 mi
100/100Kansas 5.2 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesChautauqua County value
Students per teacher · low8.9×
100/100Kansas 13.3×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsChautauqua County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low76 min
100/100Kansas 129 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesChautauqua County value
Public libraries · high5.9 /10k
99/100Kansas 1.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesChautauqua County value
Average commute time · low14.1 min
97/100Kansas 19.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$717
0/100Kansas $1,216United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsChautauqua County value
Mammography screening · low30.0%
2/100Kansas 50.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChautauqua County value
Job growth · low-4.5%
2/100Kansas 0.0%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataChautauqua County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Kansas 4.7 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyChautauqua County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Kansas 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsChautauqua County value
Premature death · high14,101 /100k
6/100Kansas 8,407 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteChautauqua County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
859 (2015-2019) → 1,050 (2020-2024)
+22%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
48.1% (2015-2019) → 19.8% (2020-2024)
−28 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
59.2% (2015-2019) → 82.0% (2020-2024)
+23 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Unemployment rateImproving
12.1% (2015-2019) → 1.7% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
33.1% (2015-2019) → 24.8% (2020-2024)
−8.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$33,173 (2015-2019) → $46,827 (2020-2024)
+41%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Sedan, Kansas improved on 3 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 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.

Improved3

Uninsured−8.1 points17.1% → 9.1%
Broadband+23 points59.2% → 82.0%
Household income+41%$33,173 → $46,827

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Sedan, Kansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.3 min2015-2019	14.2 min2020-2024	−2.2 min	Within the margin of error	72%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%2015-2019	15.2%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Broadband subscriptions	59.2%2015-2019	82.0%2020-2024	+23 points	Improved	93%
Child poverty rate	33.1%2015-2019	24.8%2020-2024	−8.3 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Effective property tax rate	1.97%2015-2019	1.66%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	76%
High school diploma or higher	83.2%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Home price to income ratio	1.1×2015-2019	0.9×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	88%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3912015-2019	0.4722020-2024	+0.081	Within the margin of error	7%
Median household income	$33,1732015-2019	$46,8272020-2024	+41%	Improved	75%
Poverty rate	18.9%2015-2019	22.5%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.1%2015-2019	9.1%2020-2024	−8.1 points	Improved	94%

“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 Sedan, Kansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sedan, 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, Sedan, Kansas itself moved −2.2 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,050 residents (±148)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

411 households (±73)

Sedan, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $25k28%†114
$25k–50k27%†110
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

411 households (±73)

Sedan, Kansas
Kansas share

Own70%289
Rent30%†122

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

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

408 workers (±72)

Sedan, Kansas
Kansas share

Drive alone77%313
Carpool14%†56
Public transit0.0%0

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 Chautauqua County, the county holding most of Sedan's residents.

Chautauqua County has 69 employer establishments, 205 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248; 0.79× Kansas's), with 501 paid employees at an average annual pay of $33,701. The Census Bureau also counts 291 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 69; 291 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 205; US 248 · Kansas 258
Paid employees: 501
Average annual pay: $33,701; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	6	17.8	0.85×Too few to compare	41	$36,537	—
Religious organizations	4	11.9	2.14×Too few to compare	11	$16,909	—
Restaurants and other eating places	4	11.9	0.65×Too few to compare	48	$13,229	—
Banks and credit unions	3	8.9	2.75×Too few to compare	29	$50,552	—
Construction of buildings	3	8.9	1.18×Too few to compare	5	$26,600	13
Gasoline stations	3	8.9	2.74×Too few to compare	87	$13,552	—
Outpatient care centers	3	8.9	4.83×Too few to compare	29	$38,241	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Architectural, engineering and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

Rank places for an industry Open Chautauqua County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 3,374 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: Sedan is mostly in Chautauqua County.

See federal money in Chautauqua 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.

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

House

Ron EstesR-KS-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.2%

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.

Chautauqua County34100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Chautauqua 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
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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