Lone Elm vs Westphalia

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

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

Westphalia has the higher population (158 vs 34 in Lone Elm). Lone Elm has the higher median household income ($56,369 vs $53,182 in Westphalia). Westphalia has the higher median home value ($36,400 vs $28,200 in Lone Elm).

Population, income & housing

	Lone Elm	Westphalia
Population	34	158
Median age	80.2 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,369	$53,182
Median home value	$28,200	$36,400
Housing units	27	75
Homeownership rate	100.0%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	75.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lone Elm	Westphalia
Population	10 → 34 (+240.0%)	143 → 158 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$51,765 → $56,369 (+8.9%)	$53,125 → $53,182 (+0.1%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $28,200 (-78.5%)	$47,500 → $36,400 (-23.4%)

Lone Elm

Population

1034

Median household income

$51,765$56,369

Median home value

$131,300$28,200

Westphalia

Population

143158

Median household income

$53,125$53,182

Median home value

$47,500$36,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lone Elm	Westphalia
Under 5	11.8%	1.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	15.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	26.6%
25 to 34	8.8%	2.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	17.1%
45 to 54	5.9%	8.2%
55 to 64	2.9%	18.4%
65 to 74	5.9%	9.5%
75 and over	64.7%	0.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lone Elm	Westphalia
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	Westphalia
No high school diploma	3.3%	18.0%
High school graduate	83.3%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lone Elm	Westphalia
Drove alone	60.0%	69.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	24.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	40.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lone Elm	Westphalia
1-unit, detached	100.0%	93.3%
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%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Lone Elm	Westphalia
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.9%
Average household size	1.26	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1938	1938