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Elkhart, Kansas

Elkhart is a city in Morton County, Kansas with an estimated 1,726 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 131st largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,726
#131 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-8.2%
-154 people
Land area
2.1 sq mi
Density
842 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Elkhart. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

Elkhart population, 2020 to 2024

Elkhart lost 154 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -8.2%. In the latest year it moved by -75.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,880. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Elkhart covers 2.05 square miles of land, for 842 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Elkhart is less dense than the typical town.

What county Elkhart is in

All of Elkhart's residents live in Morton County, which had 2,485 residents in 2024. Elkhart holds 69.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Elkhart

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Elkhart by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67950. 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 Elkhart is

The Census internal point of Elkhart is at 37.003800, -101.894400. Topeka, the capital, is 366.5 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Guymon, OK (12,397 people), 31.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Amarillo, TX, 124.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.003800, -101.894400
DMS
37°00'13.68"N 101°53'39.84"W
UTM
14N 242450.0E 4099211.2N
Geohash
9wxd926fb
Plus code
859W2434+G6

Daylight in Elkhart

At 37.00° N, Elkhart gets about 14 h 42 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Elkhart

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Hugoton, 32.5 miles away, with 3,583 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Elkhart, KS?

1,726 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 154 (8.2%) from 1,880 in July 2020.

What county is Elkhart in?

Morton County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Elkhart?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 67950.

How far is Elkhart from Topeka?

366.5 miles (589.8 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Elkhart.

What is the nearest larger city to Elkhart?

Guymon, OK, with 12,397 residents, 31.7 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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