Colony vs Welda

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

Colony and Welda 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 221 in Welda). Welda has the higher median household income ($75,096 vs $42,083 in Colony). Welda has the higher median home value ($110,000 vs $51,400 in Colony).

Population, income & housing

	Colony	Welda
Population	310	221
Median age	48.5 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$42,083	$75,096
Median home value	$51,400	$110,000
Median gross rent	$437	—
Housing units	246	107
Homeownership rate	59.9%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colony	Welda
Population	487 → 310 (-36.3%)	61 → 221 (+262.3%)
Median household income	$44,167 → $42,083 (-4.7%)	$2,499 → $75,096 (+2905.0%)
Median home value	$52,600 → $51,400 (-2.3%)	$54,500 → $110,000 (+101.8%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $437 (-18.6%)	—

Colony

Population

487310

Median household income

$44,167$42,083

Median home value

$52,600$51,400

Median gross rent

$537$437

Welda

Population

61221

Median household income

$2,499$75,096

Median home value

$54,500$110,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colony	Welda
Under 5	1.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	9.7%	27.1%
18 to 24	16.5%	13.6%
25 to 34	2.6%	17.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	8.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.1%	9.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	16.7%
75 and over	13.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colony	Welda
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colony	Welda
No high school diploma	15.2%	4.4%
High school graduate	43.0%	82.5%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	13.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colony	Welda
Drove alone	80.1%	69.9%
Carpooled	13.0%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	29.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colony	Welda
1-unit, detached	87.8%	68.2%
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%	31.8%

Poverty & households

	Colony	Welda
Poverty rate	28.7%	6.3%
Average household size	1.66	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1943	1961