Moving to Tipton, Kansas
Population: 243. Estimated population in July 2024: 230 (-5.3% change)
Males: 117 (48.1%), Females: 126 (51.9%)
Mitchell County
Zip code: 67485
Demographics
Median resident age: 46.4 years
Median household income: $33,750
Median house value: $39,300
Population by Race
Races in Tipton:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.6%)
Ancestries: German (66.7%), Irish (9.5%), English (9.1%), United States (6.2%), French (3.7%), Scotch-Irish (2.1%).
Elevation: 1604 feet
Land area: 0.3 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Tipton
- High school or higher: 86.4%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 7.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.1%
- Unemployed: 0.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 12.0 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Tipton city
- Never married: 18.9%
- Now married: 66.8%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 9.2%
- Divorced: 5.1%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -23 (-8.6%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Tipton:
- OSBORNE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; OSBORNE, KS)
- MITCHELL COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 29 miles; BELOIT, KS)
- LINCOLN COUNTY HOSPITAL (about 30 miles; LINCOLN, KS)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Tipton:
- HAYS RGNL (about 66 miles; HAYS, KS; Abbreviation: HYS)
- SALINA MUNI (about 69 miles; SALINA, KS; Abbreviation: SLN)
- GREAT BEND MUNI (about 74 miles; GREAT BEND, KS; Abbreviation: GBD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Tipton:
- CAWKER CITY (about 12 miles; CAWKER CITY, KS; Abbreviation: 8K6)
- OSBORNE MUNI (about 15 miles; OSBORNE, KS; Abbreviation: K75)
- LUCAS (about 21 miles; LUCAS, KS; Abbreviation: 38K)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Tipton:
- FORT HAYS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 68 miles; HAYS, KS; Full-time enrollment: 4,572)
- BARTON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 71 miles; GREAT BEND, KS; Full-time enrollment: 2,268)
- HUTCHINSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 98 miles; HUTCHINSON, KS; Full-time enrollment: 2,268)
- CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 106 miles; GRAND ISLAND, NE; Full-time enrollment: 3,730)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY (about 112 miles; KEARNEY, NE; Full-time enrollment: 5,588)
- KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY (about 132 miles; MANHATTAN, KS; Full-time enrollment: 19,210)
- WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 133 miles; WICHITA, KS; Full-time enrollment: 10,403)
Private high school in Tipton:
- TIPTON HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 32; Location: P O BOX 146; Grades: 9 – 12)