Great Bend, Kansas
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 2.9% since 2020.
14,266
people, the 26th-largest of Kansas's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Kansas's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
6 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
57.8%
of 6,853 jobs located in Great Bend are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 48% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$759
a month. Kansas's median is $1,060.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $381.
A $381 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Barton County.
- $663 Tract 9712
- $1,044 Tract 9713
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.
$854–$1,281
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $759 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 3 homes permitted, 2022–2025
- 0% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 91% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.4–1.0% to the 7,185 homes here.
26–69
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 38% less than Kansas's.
$133,900
median home value in Great Bend.
- $133,900 Great Bend
- $217,200 Kansas
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year