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ChaseKS

A town of 490. A typical home worth about $80K.

Population
490
residents
Typical home
$80K
+8.5% in a year
Household income
$59K
median
Median age
39.9
years
Jobs based here
63
A commuter town

What makes Chase stand out

The thing Chase does most differently from other towns.

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Small town

490 people, and everyone knows the way

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Housing

A typical Chase home is worth about $80K

The typical Chase home is worth about $80,000, up 8.5% in a year, 68% below the Kansas typical home.

$80KZillow home value

Typical home value

Chase$80K
Kansas$250K
+8.5%
value change, 1 year
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →
Work & commute

Most working residents commute out of Chase

Most working residents leave Chase for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lyons (14%), McPherson (9%) and Little River (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

4%work in town

Where working residents work

In Chase4%
Lyons14%
McPherson9%
Little River7%
Wichita7%
19 mi
median commute distance
63
jobs based in Chase
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Climate

Four seasons, hot summers

Chase has chilly winters and hot summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 92°, a January night drops to 20°, and about 12 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

12″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter22–44°
Spring42–67°
Summer65–90°
Fall44–69°
Oct 23
typical first frost
Apr 15
typical last frost
+0.6°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Health

How healthy Chase is

Chase beats the Kansas average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6.

32 measures vs. Kansas
1 better25 too close to call6 worse
What stands outChaseKS
More adults treating high blood pressure80.7%77.6%
More older adults who have lost all their teeth14.7%11.3%
Hospital District #1 of Rice County
7.2 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Natural hazards

Moderate risk, with hail at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 56% of U.S. communities.

56risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
56Moderate riskLowerHigher
HailInland floodingTornadoes
3
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
A commuter town

96% of working residents leave Chase for work

Where Chase’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

14% → Lyons Lyons 14% 9% → McPherson McPherson 9% 7% → Little River Little River 7% 7% → Wichita Wichita 7% 6% → Sterling Sterling 6% 5% → Hutchinson Hutchinson 5% Chase · 4% stay
63jobs based in Chase
4%of working residents work in town
19 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Chase

City in Rice County, Kansas

Chase is a city in Rice County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 396.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Population
396
Area
0.3 sq mi
Elevation
1,716 ft
ZIP code
67524
Area code
785

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