DelphosKS
A town of 320. A typical home worth about $127K.
What makes Delphos stand out
The thing Delphos does most differently from other towns.
320 people, and everyone knows the way
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A typical Delphos home is worth about $127K
The typical Delphos home is worth about $127,000, up 3.8% in a year, 49% below the Kansas typical home.
Typical home value
High risk, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 79% of U.S. communities.
Most working residents commute out of Delphos
Most working residents leave Delphos for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Salina (30%), Minneapolis (23%) and Wichita (6%). Half commute less than 32 miles.
Where working residents work
Four seasons, hot summers
Delphos has chilly winters and hot summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 92°, a January night drops to 19°, and about 18 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Typical low → high °F
Crime reported in Delphos
No violent or property crimes were reported in Delphos in 2024. In a town this small, a few incidents move the numbers a lot, so rates aren't shown.
Delphos is small, so we show counts rather than rates.
How healthy Delphos is
Delphos beats the Kansas average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6.
| What stands out | Delphos | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.4% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9% | 11.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.1% | 8.1% |
96% of working residents leave Delphos for work
Where Delphos’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Delphos
City in Ottawa County, Kansas
Delphos is a city in Ottawa County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 302. The community was named after Delphos, Ohio.
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- Population
- 302
- Area
- 0.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,299 ft
- ZIP code
- 67436
- Area code
- 642