Kansas · Census place 2036225

Kechi, Kansas

Kechi is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas with an estimated 2,388 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 102nd largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 2,388; #102 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020: +6.4%; +143 people
Land area: 6.0 sq mi; + 0.05 sq mi water
Density: 396 / sq mi; State median 1,527

Orange pin: Kechi. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

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Kechi population, 2020 to 2024

Kechi added 143 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.4%. In the latest year it moved by -2.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,216. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Kechi covers 6.03 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 396 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Kechi is less dense than the typical town.

What county Kechi is in

All of Kechi's residents live in Sedgwick County, which had 536,081 residents in 2024. Kechi holds 0.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kechi

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Kechi by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67067, 67147. 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 Kechi is

The Census internal point of Kechi is at 37.794800, -97.266500. Topeka, the capital, is 122.0 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Bel Aire, KS (10,066 people), 1.7 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 8.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 37.794800, -97.266500
DMS: 37°47'41.28"N 97°15'59.40"W
UTM: 14N 652625.6E 4184463.3N
Geohash: 9ydz48kdw
Plus code: 8694QPVM+W9

Daylight in Kechi

At 37.79° N, Kechi gets about 14 h 47 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 14 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kechi

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Bel Aire, 1.7 miles away, with 10,066 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Kechi, KS?

2,388 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 143 (6.4%) from 2,245 in July 2020.

What county is Kechi in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Kechi?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 67067, 67147.

How far is Kechi from Topeka?

122.0 miles (196.3 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Kechi.

What is the nearest larger city to Kechi?

Bel Aire, KS, with 10,066 residents, 1.7 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.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.