Scores by category

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

Safety87#2,063/15,637
Economy46#8,481/15,631
Housing96#653/14,977
Health54#7,174/15,609
Healthcare4#15,025/15,650
Environment68#4,959/15,453
Education44#8,747/15,649
Infrastructure29#11,037/15,650
Community74#4,076/15,651
Leisure & amenities85#2,302/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100Kansas 18.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHaskell County value
Grocery stores · high5.6 /10k
99/100Kansas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHaskell County value
Child care cost burden · low16.3%
99/100Kansas 18.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHaskell County value
Public libraries · high5.6 /10k
99/100Kansas 1.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesHaskell County value
Students per teacher · low9.5×
99/100Kansas 13.3×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsHaskell County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Kansas 16.2 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataHaskell County value

Weaknesses

Dentists · low0 /100k
0/100Kansas 64 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteHaskell County value
Distance to an airport · high190 mi
1/100Kansas 51 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauHaskell County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Kansas 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHaskell County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Kansas 4.7 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyHaskell County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Kansas 1.0 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsHaskell County value
Traffic deaths · high33.1 /100k
6/100Kansas 13.5 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataHaskell County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,420 (2015-2019) → 1,500 (2020-2024)
+5.6%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
35.4% (2015-2019) → 22.1% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
17.2% (2015-2019) → 26.1% (2020-2024)
+8.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Child poverty rateWorsening
15.2% (2015-2019) → 23.1% (2020-2024)
+7.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$51,591 (2015-2019) → $66,331 (2020-2024)
+29%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Average commute timeWorsening
19.4 min (2015-2019) → 24.9 min (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Sublette, Kansas between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.4 min2015-2019	24.9 min2020-2024	+5.5 min	Within the margin of error	8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%2015-2019	26.0%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	45%
Broadband subscriptions	81.3%2015-2019	86.0%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Effective property tax rate	1.75%2015-2019	1.55%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	59%
High school diploma or higher	82.0%2015-2019	80.5%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	52%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4392015-2019	0.3782020-2024	−0.061	Within the margin of error	88%
Median household income	$51,5912015-2019	$66,3312020-2024	+29%	Within the margin of error	52%
Poverty rate	11.8%2015-2019	13.2%2020-2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	21.6%2015-2019	21.8%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.2%2015-2019	26.1%2020-2024	+8.9 points	Within the margin of error	4%

“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 Sublette, Kansas five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Sublette, 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, Sublette, Kansas itself moved −3.9 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,500 residents (±220)

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: 30–39 women (−3.9 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,500 residents (±220)

Sublette, Kansas
Kansas share

White60%895
Black0.7%†10
Hispanic or Latino37%†553

Education

976 residents (±156)

Sublette, Kansas
Kansas share

No high school diploma19%†190
High school or GED23%†220
Some college23%†

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

593 households (±95)

Sublette, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $25k13%†80
$25k–50k18%†104
$50k–75k24%†143
$75k–100k9.1%†54
$100k–150k20%†117
$150k–200k8.9%†53
$200k or more7.1%†42

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−12.8 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

593 households (±95)

Sublette, Kansas
Kansas share

Own83%495
Rent17%†98

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.

Table view

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

Rent paid

86 households (±43)

Sublette, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $75053%†46
$750–1,0009.3%†8
$1,000–1,50037%†32

Home values

495 homes (±95)

Sublette, Kansas
Kansas share

Under $150k47%†232
$150k–250k30%†147
$250k–400k18%†88

Age of homes

620 homes (±102)

Sublette, Kansas
Kansas share

2010 or later1.1%†7
2000–200912%†74
1980–19999.8%†61

Size of homes

620 homes (±102)

Sublette, Kansas
Kansas share

Studio3.2%†20
1 bedroom1.5%†9
2 bedrooms7.3%†45

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

669 workers (±125)

Sublette, Kansas
Kansas share

Drive alone77%513
Carpool9.3%†62
Public transit0.0%0
Walk5.1%†34
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.3%†42
Other2.7%†18

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+5.0 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

627 workers (±129)

Sublette, Kansas
Kansas share

Under 15 min59%372
15–29 min14%†89
30–44 min12%†73

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 Haskell County, the county holding most of Sublette's residents.

Haskell County has 129 employer establishments, 356 for every 10,000 residents (1.43× the US rate of 248; 1.38× Kansas's), with 834 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,843. The Census Bureau also counts 433 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 129; 433 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 356; US 248 · Kansas 258
Paid employees: 834
Average annual pay: $49,843; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	10	27.6	1.78×More than typical	59	$60,949	31
Truck transportation	10	27.6	5.46×More than typical	19	$47,632	80
Restaurants and other eating places	8	22.1	1.20×Too few to compare	47	$16,702	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	6	16.6	3.29×Too few to compare	12	$39,583	10
Construction of buildings	6	16.6	2.19×Too few to compare	7	$63,000	16
Full-service restaurants	6	16.6	2.16×Too few to compare	41	$18,195	—
Religious organizations	6	16.6	2.99×Too few to compare	20	$20,050	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	5	13.8	7.90×Too few to compare	13	$44,385	—
Building equipment contractors	5	13.8	2.29×Too few to compare	15	$46,600	13
Commercial and industrial machinery repair	4	11	16.2×Too few to compare	23	$53,174	8
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	4	11	3.34×Too few to compare	14	$44,786	4
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	3	8.3	3.12×Too few to compare	9	$19,000	—

Rank places for an industry Open Haskell County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 3,622 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: Sublette is mostly in Haskell County.

See federal money in Haskell 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.

Sublette, 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.

Haskell County62100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Haskell County

Largest first.

Satanta837

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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