Oketo, Kansas

2026 Edition · 8 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026

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  1. Population

    Down 1.6% since 2020.

    62

    people, the 557th-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

  2. The workday

    Every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

    100.0%

    of 1 jobs located in Oketo are filled by in-commuters.

    Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

  3. The seam

    Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $145.

    A $145 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Marshall County.

    • $616 Tract 901.86
    • $761 Tract 701.82

    Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

  4. Building

    Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

    • 100% of all homes were built before 2000

    Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

  5. Units needed

    None of three estimates finds a housing shortfall here.

    0

    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

  6. Home value

    A median home costs 26% less than Kansas's.

    $160,400

    median home value in Oketo.

    • $160,400 Oketo
    • $217,200 Kansas
    • $332,700 U.S.

    Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

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