Garnett vs Welda

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

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

Garnett has the higher population (3,200 vs 221 in Welda). Welda has the higher median household income ($75,096 vs $46,875 in Garnett). Garnett has the higher median home value ($137,800 vs $110,000 in Welda).

Population, income & housing

	Garnett	Welda
Population	3,200	221
Median age	34.9 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$75,096
Median home value	$137,800	$110,000
Median gross rent	$909	—
Housing units	1,438	107
Homeownership rate	68.6%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garnett	Welda
Population	3,234 → 3,200 (-1.1%)	61 → 221 (+262.3%)
Median household income	$38,512 → $46,875 (+21.7%)	$2,499 → $75,096 (+2905.0%)
Median home value	$80,100 → $137,800 (+72.0%)	$54,500 → $110,000 (+101.8%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $909 (+30.8%)	—

Garnett

Population

3,2343,200

Median household income

$38,512$46,875

Median home value

$80,100$137,800

Median gross rent

$695$909

Welda

Population

61221

Median household income

$2,499$75,096

Median home value

$54,500$110,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garnett	Welda
Under 5	8.5%	7.7%
5 to 17	20.0%	27.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	13.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	17.6%
35 to 44	9.3%	8.1%
45 to 54	8.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	9.0%
65 to 74	7.5%	16.7%
75 and over	10.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garnett	Welda
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	13.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garnett	Welda
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.4%
High school graduate	45.2%	82.5%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	13.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garnett	Welda
Drove alone	87.1%	69.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	29.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garnett	Welda
1-unit, detached	89.4%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	31.8%

Poverty & households

	Garnett	Welda
Poverty rate	6.0%	6.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1957	1961