Kansas has 74 designated opportunity zones, including 70 low-income communities, plus 4 non-low-income contiguous tracts.
Urban vs. Rural
Kansas gave some preference to their rural areas when nominating opportunity zones. Statewide, just 38 percent of Kansas’ census tracts are located in rural areas, but 57 percent of their opportunity zones are rural.
Kansas Opportunity Zones Map
Analysis of Kansas’s Opportunity Zones
| Characteristics | Designated Opportunity Zones | Eligible, nondesignated | All state tracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Descriptives (N) | |||
| Total number of tracts | 74 | 346 | 770 |
| Low-income communities | 70 | 225 | 295 |
| Contiguous | 4 | 121 | 125 |
| Economic (average or average %) | |||
| Median household income | $36,325 | $42,258 | $55,053 |
| Poverty rate | 24.44% | 19.29% | 14.52% |
| Unemployment rate | 7.79% | 6.97% | 5.76% |
| Housing (average or average %) | |||
| Median home value | $83,260 | $89,249 | $129,717 |
| Median rent/month | $645 | $695 | $792 |
| Homeownership | 51.10% | 61.67% | 66.22% |
| Severe rent burden | 19.70% | 18.78% | 17.70% |
| Vacancy rate | 15.43% | 15.22% | 11.95% |
| Demographic (average %) | |||
| White alone | 70.62% | 68.53% | 75.84% |
| Black alone | 7.80% | 9.13% | 6.52% |
| Hispanic | 15.30% | 16.13% | 11.67% |
| Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders alone | 2.28% | 2.19% | 2.46% |
| Younger than 18 | 22.78% | 25.31% | 24.64% |
| Older than 64 | 14.26% | 14.58% | 15.03% |
| Education (average %) | |||
| Age 25+ with high school degree or less | 46.18% | 46.94% | 38.97% |
| Age 25+ with bachelor’s degree or higher | 20.08% | 19.88% | 28.60% |
| Socioeconomic change flag (%) | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.26% |
| Geography (%) | |||
| In a metro area | 43.24% | 50.58% | 62.08% |
| In a micro area | 35.14% | 21.68% | 18.83% |
| Non-core-based statistical area (not in a metro nor micro area) | 21.62% | 27.75% | 19.09% |
Data Source: Urban Institute
Kansas Counties & Cities
List of counties in Kansas: Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley, Crawford, Decatur, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas, Edwards, Elk, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford, Franklin, Geary, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Greenwood, Hamilton, Harper, Harvey, Haskell, Hodgeman, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell, Johnson, Kearny, Kingman, Kiowa, Labette, Lane, Leavenworth, Lincoln, Linn, Logan, Lyon, Marion, Marshall, McPherson, Meade, Miami, Mitchell, Montgomery, Morris, Morton, Nemaha, Neosho, Ness, Norton, Osage, Osborne, Ottawa, Pawnee, Phillips, Pottawatomie, Pratt, Rawlins, Reno, Republic, Rice, Riley, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, Scott, Sedgwick, Seward, Shawnee, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, Sumner, Thomas, Trego, Wabaunsee, Wallace, Washington, Wichita, Wilson, Woodson, Wyandotte
List of top 150 U.S. cities located in Kansas: Wichita, Overland Park
Census tracts designated as opportunity zones in Kansas
Website: Kansas Department of Commerce
| State | County | Census Tract Number | Tract Type | ACS Data Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | Allen | 20001952900 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Anderson | 20003953600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Atchison | 20005081900 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Barton | 20009971400 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Barton | 20009971700 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Butler | 20015020400 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Cloud | 20029977200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Cowley | 20035493700 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Cowley | 20035493800 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Crawford | 20037956600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Crawford | 20037956900 | Non-LIC Contiguous | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Crawford | 20037957500 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Crawford | 20037957600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Douglas | 20045000200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Douglas | 20045000400 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Finney | 20055960501 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Finney | 20055960600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Ford | 20057961800 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Ford | 20057962101 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Franklin | 20059954200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Franklin | 20059954400 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Gove | 20063955100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Gove | 20063955200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Graham | 20065952100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Greeley | 20071958100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Jewell | 20089576100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Jewell | 20089576200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Johnson | 20091052102 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Johnson | 20091052417 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Johnson | 20091053555 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Johnson | 20091053557 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Johnson | 20091053601 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Labette | 20099950400 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Lane | 20101956600 | Non-LIC Contiguous | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Leavenworth | 20103070100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Lyon | 20111000500 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Miami | 20121100700 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Montgomery | 20125950200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Montgomery | 20125951200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Montgomery | 20125951300 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Norton | 20137951700 | Non-LIC Contiguous | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Osage | 20139010400 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Reno | 20155000600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Reno | 20155000700 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Reno | 20155001000 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Reno | 20155001300 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Republic | 20157978300 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Riley | 20161000500 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Riley | 20161000801 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Riley | 20161001100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Rooks | 20163974600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Rooks | 20163974700 | Non-LIC Contiguous | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Saline | 20169000100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Saline | 20169000600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Sedgwick | 20173000400 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Sedgwick | 20173000900 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Sedgwick | 20173001100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Sedgwick | 20173002600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Sedgwick | 20173003200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Sedgwick | 20173003700 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Sedgwick | 20173003800 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Sedgwick | 20173004300 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Sedgwick | 20173006300 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Shawnee | 20177000700 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Shawnee | 20177000800 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Shawnee | 20177004000 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Sherman | 20181453700 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Stafford | 20185470600 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Wyandotte | 20209041800 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Wyandotte | 20209042200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Wyandotte | 20209043905 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Wyandotte | 20209044101 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Wyandotte | 20209045100 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |
| Kansas | Wyandotte | 20209045200 | Low-Income Community | 2011-2015 |