Elsmore vs Humboldt

A side-by-side comparison of Elsmore and Humboldt: population, income, housing, and more.

Elsmore and Humboldt are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Humboldt has the higher population (1,956 vs 49 in Elsmore). Humboldt has the higher median household income ($43,558 vs $33,250 in Elsmore). Since 2019, Humboldt's population has grown faster (+4.0% vs -43.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Elsmore	Humboldt
Population	49	1,956
Median age	26.3 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$33,250	$43,558
Median home value	—	$91,600
Median gross rent	—	$552
Housing units	25	943
Homeownership rate	76.5%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.0%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	44.4%	17.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elsmore	Humboldt
Population	87 → 49 (-43.7%)	1,880 → 1,956 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $33,250 (-31.8%)	$42,077 → $43,558 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$16,300 → $16,400 (+0.6%)	$62,700 → $91,600 (+46.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$660 → $552 (-16.4%)

Elsmore

Population

8749

Median household income

$48,750$33,250

Median home value

$16,300$16,400

Humboldt

Population

1,8801,956

Median household income

$42,077$43,558

Median home value

$62,700$91,600

Median gross rent

$660$552

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elsmore	Humboldt
Under 5	0.0%	10.1%
5 to 17	40.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	8.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.8%
45 to 54	8.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	2.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	4.1%	12.4%
75 and over	16.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elsmore	Humboldt
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elsmore	Humboldt
No high school diploma	4.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	40.0%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	52.0%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elsmore	Humboldt
Drove alone	70.0%	84.6%
Carpooled	20.0%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elsmore	Humboldt
1-unit, detached	96.0%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Elsmore	Humboldt
Poverty rate	42.6%	25.1%
Average household size	2.88	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1938	1954