Colony vs Greeley

A side-by-side comparison of Colony and Greeley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Colony has the higher population (310 vs 303 in Greeley). Colony has the higher median household income ($42,083 vs $38,750 in Greeley). Greeley has the higher median home value ($71,500 vs $51,400 in Colony).

Population, income & housing

	Colony	Greeley
Population	310	303
Median age	48.5 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,083	$38,750
Median home value	$51,400	$71,500
Median gross rent	$437	—
Housing units	246	152
Homeownership rate	59.9%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colony	Greeley
Population	487 → 310 (-36.3%)	324 → 303 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$44,167 → $42,083 (-4.7%)	$38,125 → $38,750 (+1.6%)
Median home value	$52,600 → $51,400 (-2.3%)	$62,500 → $71,500 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $437 (-18.6%)	$688 → $850 (+23.5%)

Colony

Population

487310

Median household income

$44,167$42,083

Median home value

$52,600$51,400

Median gross rent

$537$437

Greeley

Population

324303

Median household income

$38,125$38,750

Median home value

$62,500$71,500

Median gross rent

$688$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colony	Greeley
Under 5	1.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	9.7%	22.1%
18 to 24	16.5%	4.6%
25 to 34	2.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.5%	21.1%
55 to 64	16.1%	6.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	6.3%
75 and over	13.9%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colony	Greeley
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colony	Greeley
No high school diploma	15.2%	2.4%
High school graduate	43.0%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colony	Greeley
Drove alone	80.1%	87.3%
Carpooled	13.0%	1.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colony	Greeley
1-unit, detached	87.8%	92.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Colony	Greeley
Poverty rate	28.7%	19.5%
Average household size	1.66	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	20	34
Median year structure built	1943	1938