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Dodge City city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Dodge City city is a Census city of 27,613 people across 15.01 square miles of land, in Ford County. Median household income is $68,721, 56.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 8 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $9.7 m.
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Dodge City
What Dodge City is
- Census place typecity
- Land area15.01 sq mi
- Water area0.11 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,839
- County holding the largest share of its areaFord County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dodge City
How many people live in Dodge City
- Population27,613
- Median age30.2
- Population under 188,612
- Share under 1831.2 percent
- Population 65 and over2,572
- Share 65 and over9.3 percent
- Households9,104
- Family households6,192
- Share of households that are families68.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dodge City
Income and work in Dodge City
- Median household income$68,721
- Per capita income$28,944
- Civilian labor force14,406
- Employed13,594
- Unemployed812 plus or minus 252
- Unemployment rate5.6 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Adults 25 and over15,854
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher74.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.2 percent plus or minus 1.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dodge City
Housing in Dodge City
- Housing units9,782
- Occupied units9,104
- Vacant units678 plus or minus 239
- Vacancy rate6.9 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Owner occupied5,149
- Renter occupied3,955
- Ownership rate56.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$151,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,045
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.2 percent
- Single family units6,957
- Share single family71.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,963
- Share in buildings of two or more20.1 percent
- Mobile homes862 plus or minus 208
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dodge City
How Dodge City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute12,983
- Commuting under 15 minutes9,969
- Share commuting under 15 minutes76.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more793 plus or minus 223
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more6.1 percent plus or minus 1.7
- Drove alone80.7 percent
- Carpooled14.5 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.5 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home1.9 percent plus or minus 1.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dodge City
SBA 7(a) lending to Dodge City borrowers
- Approvals8
- Gross approval$9,666,000
- Average approval$1,208,250
- Median approval$1,458,700
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,885,000
- Largest approval$2,885,000
- Jobs supported156
- Jobs per approval19.5
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more50.0 percent
- Share to franchises62.5 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Dodge City
SBA 504 lending to Dodge City borrowers
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$7,949,000
- Average approval$1,135,571
- Median approval$357,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported131
- Loans with a final outcome3
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Ford County, not Dodge City
Ford County context, not Dodge City figures
These are Ford County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Dodge City measurements.
- Establishments in Ford County803
- Employment at those establishments, Ford County15,828
- Covered employment, Ford County18,147
- Average annual pay, Ford County$52,782
- Average weekly wage, Ford County$1,015
- Housing units permitted, Ford County131
- Of those, single family, Ford County81
- County product, 2024, Ford County$3,215,354,000
- County product change over the prior year, Ford County-1.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Ford County$47,801
Every figure in this section is published for Ford County as a whole and is not a measurement of Dodge City. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Dodge City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Dodge City, Kansas?
27,613, in 9,104 households. Dodge City city covers 15.01 square miles of land, which is 1,839 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Dodge City in?
Ford County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Dodge City?
$68,721. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $151,700. Median gross rent is $1,045 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Dodge City businesses?
8 7(a) approvals totalling $9.7 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $1,458,700, plus 7 504 approvals worth $7.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Dodge City, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Dodge City borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Dodge City. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Dodge City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Ford County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Dodge City.
Is zoning published for Dodge City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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