City · Harvey County, Kansas

Sedgwick, Kansas

Sedgwick is a city in Harvey County, Kansas, part of the Wichita, KS metro area. It has 1,614 residents. Sedgwick, Kansas has a quality-of-life score of 70 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,758 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Kansas it ranks #46 of 202 cities and towns. It ranks best on distance to an Amtrak station (low), hospital quality rating (high) and social associations (high). It ranks worst on arts, entertainment and recreation (low), average weekly wage (low) and violent crime rate (high).

70High

Quality-of-life score: #4,758 of 15,651 cities and towns
Kansas: #46 of 202 in KS
Population: 1,614 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 987.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 2063800

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.

Safety43#8,870/15,637
Economy74#4,128/15,631
Housing83#2,587/14,977
Health53#7,319/15,609
Healthcare88#1,848/15,650
Environment23#11,946/15,453
Education63#5,868/15,649
Infrastructure72#4,354/15,650
Community92#1,243/15,651
Leisure & amenities9#14,208/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Distance to an Amtrak station · low4 mi
99/100Kansas 30 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauHarvey County value
Hospital quality rating · high5.0
98/100Kansas 3.2United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesHarvey County value
Social associations · high18.8 /10k
97/100Kansas 13.1 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHarvey County value
Unemployment rate · low0.4%
95/100Kansas 3.8%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Kansas 4.5 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHarvey County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.349
93/100Kansas 0.457United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.2 /10k
4/100Kansas 3.4 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHarvey County value
Average weekly wage · low$934
9/100Kansas $1,216United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHarvey County value
Violent crime rate · high498 /100k
10/100Kansas 457 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationHarvey County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.9 /10k
10/100Kansas 4.7 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyHarvey County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.3 /10k
10/100Kansas 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHarvey County value
Pharmacies · low0.9 /10k
10/100Kansas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHarvey County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,467 (2015-2019) → 1,614 (2020-2024)
+10%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
1.3 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$50,000 (2015-2019) → $93,125 (2020-2024)
+86%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
55.7% (2015-2019) → 43.5% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
31.1% (2015-2019) → 23.4% (2020-2024)
−7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
82.2% (2015-2019) → 89.2% (2020-2024)
+7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Sedgwick, Kansas improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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

Household income+86%$50,000 → $93,125

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Sedgwick, Kansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.6 min2015-2019	22.9 min2020-2024	−2.7 min	Within the margin of error	77%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%2015-2019	29.0%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Broadband subscriptions	82.2%2015-2019	89.2%2020-2024	+7 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Effective property tax rate	1.10%2015-2019	1.47%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	1%
High school diploma or higher	95.2%2015-2019	94.8%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	1.9×2020-2024	−0.7×	Within the margin of error	96%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4022015-2019	0.3492020-2024	−0.053	Within the margin of error	85%
Median household income	$50,0002015-2019	$93,1252020-2024	+86%	Improved	97%
Poverty rate	11.7%2015-2019	5.9%2020-2024	−5.8 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	31.1%2015-2019	23.4%2020-2024	−7.7 points	Within the margin of error	90%
Rent-burdened households	55.7%2015-2019	43.5%2020-2024	−12 points	Within the margin of error	86%

“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 Sedgwick, Kansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sedgwick, 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, Sedgwick, Kansas itself moved +15.5 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

1,614 residents (±311)

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

530 households (±94)

Sedgwick, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $25k10%†54
$25k–50k16%†83
$50k–75k16%†

Homes

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

Owners and renters

530 households (±94)

Sedgwick, Kansas
Kansas share

Own75%400
Rent25%†130

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+18.5 points).

† 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

790 workers (±186)

Sedgwick, Kansas
Kansas share

Drive alone80%630
Carpool5.9%†47
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Wichita, KS

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 Harvey County, the county holding most of Sedgwick's residents.

Harvey County has 778 employer establishments, 231 for every 10,000 residents (0.93× the US rate of 248; 0.90× Kansas's), with 12,385 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,345. The Census Bureau also counts 2,553 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 778; 2,553 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 231; US 248 · Kansas 258
Paid employees: 12,385
Average annual pay: $47,345; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	82	24.4	1.17×About typical	690	$57,752	120
Religious organizations	55	16.4	2.95×More than typical	256	$21,969	—
Restaurants and other eating places	54	16.1	0.87×About typical	903	$15,131	7
Specialty trade contractors	53	15.8	1.02×About typical	389	$62,082	196
Offices of other health practitioners	32	9.5	1.57×More than typical	97	$49,784	71
Limited-service restaurants	28	8.3	1.04×About typical	496	$15,192	3
Services to buildings and dwellings	23	6.8	1.01×About typical	68	$29,662	193
Construction of buildings	22	6.5	0.87×About typical	77	$45,312	77
Banks and credit unions	21	6.2	1.93×More than typical	166	$55,235	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	20	5.9	1.18×About typical	82	$35,280	41
Building equipment contractors	20	5.9	0.99×About typical	154	$56,688	27
Full-service restaurants	19	5.6	0.74×Fewer than typical	320	$16,113	—

Rank places for an industry Open Harvey County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 33,630 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: Sedgwick is mostly in Harvey County.

See federal money in Harvey 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.

Sedgwick, 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.

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Wichita, KS54

Other cities and towns in Harvey 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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