Lone Elm vs Welda

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

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

Welda has the higher population (221 vs 34 in Lone Elm). Welda has the higher median household income ($75,096 vs $56,369 in Lone Elm). Welda has the higher median home value ($110,000 vs $28,200 in Lone Elm).

Population, income & housing

	Lone Elm	Welda
Population	34	221
Median age	80.2 yrs	29.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,369	$75,096
Median home value	$28,200	$110,000
Housing units	27	107
Homeownership rate	100.0%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	75.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lone Elm	Welda
Population	10 → 34 (+240.0%)	61 → 221 (+262.3%)
Median household income	$51,765 → $56,369 (+8.9%)	$2,499 → $75,096 (+2905.0%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $28,200 (-78.5%)	$54,500 → $110,000 (+101.8%)

Lone Elm

Population

1034

Median household income

$51,765$56,369

Median home value

$131,300$28,200

Welda

Population

61221

Median household income

$2,499$75,096

Median home value

$54,500$110,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lone Elm	Welda
Under 5	11.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	27.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.6%
25 to 34	8.8%	17.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.1%
45 to 54	5.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	2.9%	9.0%
65 to 74	5.9%	16.7%
75 and over	64.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lone Elm	Welda
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	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	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lone Elm	Welda
No high school diploma	3.3%	4.4%
High school graduate	83.3%	82.5%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	13.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lone Elm	Welda
Drove alone	60.0%	69.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	40.0%	29.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lone Elm	Welda
1-unit, detached	100.0%	68.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	31.8%

Poverty & households

	Lone Elm	Welda
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.3%
Average household size	1.26	2.43
Median year structure built	1938	1961