Moving to Whiting, Kansas
Population: 206. Estimated population in July 2024: 216 (+4.9% change)
Males: 96 (46.6%), Females: 110 (53.4%)
Jackson County
Zip code: 66552
Demographics
Median resident age: 37.8 years
Median household income: $24,792
Median house value: $39,400
Population by Race
Races in Whiting:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.6%)
- American Indian (4.4%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
Ancestries: German (38.3%), English (13.1%), Irish (11.2%), Dutch (9.2%), Swedish (7.8%), Scotch-Irish (5.8%).
Elevation: 1113 feet
Land area: 1.0 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Whiting
- High school or higher: 84.5%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 11.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.9%
- Unemployed: 6.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 31.8 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Whiting city
- Never married: 20.3%
- Now married: 40.7%
- Separated: 4.4%
- Widowed: 13.7%
- Divorced: 20.9%
3.4% Foreign born (1.9% North America, 1.5% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -7 (-3.3%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Whiting:
- NORTHEAST KS CRT FOR HEALTH & WELLNESS (about 8 miles; HORTON, KS)
- HOLTON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; HOLTON, KS)
- HIAWATHA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; HIAWATHA, KS)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Whiting:
- FORBES FIELD (about 45 miles; TOPEKA, KS; Abbreviation: FOE)
- ROSECRANS MEMORIAL (about 51 miles; ST JOSEPH, MO; Abbreviation: STJ)
- KANSAS CITY INTL (about 67 miles; KANSAS CITY, MO; Abbreviation: MCI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Whiting:
- HORTON MUNI (about 8 miles; HORTON, KS; Abbreviation: K91)
- HIAWATHA MUNI (about 21 miles; HIAWATHA, KS; Abbreviation: K87)
- SABETHA MUNI (about 24 miles; SABETHA, KS; Abbreviation: K83)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Whiting:
- WASHBURN UNIVERSITY OF TOPEKA (about 40 miles; TOPEKA, KS; Full-time enrollment: 4,472)
- UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MAIN CAMPUS (about 50 miles; LAWRENCE, KS; Full-time enrollment: 22,506)
- MISSOURI WESTERN STATE COLLEGE (about 58 miles; ST JOSEPH, MO; Full-time enrollment: 4,329)
- KANSAS CITY KANSAS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 67 miles; KANSAS CITY, KS; Full-time enrollment: 2,837)
- PARK UNIVERSITY (about 69 miles; PARKVILLE, MO; Full-time enrollment: 4,180)
- UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER (about 69 miles; KANSAS CITY, KS; Full-time enrollment: 2,168)
- KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 73 miles; MANHATTAN, KS; Full-time enrollment: 19,210)