Kansas · Census place 2044200

Maize, Kansas

Maize is a city in Sedgwick County, Kansas with an estimated 7,059 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 50th largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
7,059
#50 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
+21.4%
+1,245 people
Land area
10.1 sq mi
Density
702 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Maize. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

Maize population, 2020 to 2024

Maize added 1,245 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +21.4%. In the latest year it moved by +250. Among 63 Kansas places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by +0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Kansas has 11,560 people, so Maize is 61% of it.

5,81420206,01620216,38620226,80920237,0592024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,737. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Maize covers 10.06 square miles of land, for 702 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Maize is less dense than the typical town.

What county Maize is in

All of Maize's residents live in Sedgwick County, which had 536,081 residents in 2024. Maize holds 1.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Maize

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Maize by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 67101, 67223. 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 Maize is

The Census internal point of Maize is at 37.774900, -97.459100. Topeka, the capital, is 130.5 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Valley Center, KS (7,416 people), 6.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wichita, KS, 8.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
37.774900, -97.459100
DMS
37°46'29.64"N 97°27'32.76"W
UTM
14N 635703.5E 4181958.1N
Geohash
9ydwyk8qw
Plus code
8694QGFR+X9

Daylight in Maize

At 37.77° N, Maize 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 Maize

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Colwich, 4.2 miles away, with 1,454 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Maize, KS?

7,059 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,245 (21.4%) from 5,814 in July 2020.

What county is Maize in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Maize?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 67101, 67223.

How far is Maize from Topeka?

130.5 miles (210.0 km) in a straight line, heading NE from Maize.

What is the nearest larger city to Maize?

Valley Center, KS, with 7,416 residents, 6.4 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)

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