Garnett vs Westphalia

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

Garnett and Westphalia 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 158 in Westphalia). Westphalia has the higher median household income ($53,182 vs $46,875 in Garnett). Garnett has the higher median home value ($137,800 vs $36,400 in Westphalia).

Population, income & housing

	Garnett	Westphalia
Population	3,200	158
Median age	34.9 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	$53,182
Median home value	$137,800	$36,400
Median gross rent	$909	—
Housing units	1,438	75
Homeownership rate	68.6%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garnett	Westphalia
Population	3,234 → 3,200 (-1.1%)	143 → 158 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$38,512 → $46,875 (+21.7%)	$53,125 → $53,182 (+0.1%)
Median home value	$80,100 → $137,800 (+72.0%)	$47,500 → $36,400 (-23.4%)
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

Westphalia

Population

143158

Median household income

$53,125$53,182

Median home value

$47,500$36,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garnett	Westphalia
Under 5	8.5%	1.3%
5 to 17	20.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.1%	26.6%
25 to 34	14.8%	2.5%
35 to 44	9.3%	17.1%
45 to 54	8.8%	8.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	18.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.5%
75 and over	10.7%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garnett	Westphalia
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	Westphalia
No high school diploma	5.2%	18.0%
High school graduate	45.2%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garnett	Westphalia
Drove alone	87.1%	69.6%
Carpooled	9.1%	24.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.9%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garnett	Westphalia
1-unit, detached	89.4%	93.3%
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%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Garnett	Westphalia
Poverty rate	6.0%	13.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1957	1938