Colony vs Westphalia

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

Colony and Westphalia 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 158 in Westphalia). Westphalia has the higher median household income ($53,182 vs $42,083 in Colony). Colony has the higher median home value ($51,400 vs $36,400 in Westphalia).

Population, income & housing

	Colony	Westphalia
Population	310	158
Median age	48.5 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$42,083	$53,182
Median home value	$51,400	$36,400
Median gross rent	$437	—
Housing units	246	75
Homeownership rate	59.9%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colony	Westphalia
Population	487 → 310 (-36.3%)	143 → 158 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$44,167 → $42,083 (-4.7%)	$53,125 → $53,182 (+0.1%)
Median home value	$52,600 → $51,400 (-2.3%)	$47,500 → $36,400 (-23.4%)
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

Westphalia

Population

143158

Median household income

$53,125$53,182

Median home value

$47,500$36,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colony	Westphalia
Under 5	1.9%	1.3%
5 to 17	9.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	16.5%	26.6%
25 to 34	2.6%	2.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	17.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	8.2%
55 to 64	16.1%	18.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.5%
75 and over	13.9%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colony	Westphalia
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	Westphalia
No high school diploma	15.2%	18.0%
High school graduate	43.0%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colony	Westphalia
Drove alone	80.1%	69.6%
Carpooled	13.0%	24.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colony	Westphalia
1-unit, detached	87.8%	93.3%
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%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Colony	Westphalia
Poverty rate	28.7%	13.9%
Average household size	1.66	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1943	1938