Chanute, Kansas

Chanute population, 2020 to 2024

Chanute lost 201 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by +52. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 55th; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Chanute is 74% of it.

Chanute covers 7.10 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 1,202 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Chanute is less dense than the typical town.

What county Chanute is in

All of Chanute's residents live in Neosho County, which had 15,552 residents in 2024. Chanute holds 54.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Chanute

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Chanute by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66720. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Chanute is

The Census internal point of Chanute is at 37.669700, -95.464200. Topeka, the capital, is 95.9 miles N in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Parsons, KS (9,328 people), 25.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Olathe, KS, 90.8 miles away.

Daylight in Chanute

At 37.67° N, Chanute gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Chanute

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Humboldt, 10.0 miles away, with 1,817 people.