Atchison vs Effingham

A side-by-side comparison of Atchison and Effingham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atchison has the higher population (10,795 vs 644 in Effingham). Effingham has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $54,695 in Atchison). Atchison has the higher median home value ($130,200 vs $99,900 in Effingham).

Population, income & housing

	Atchison	Effingham
Population	10,795	644
Median age	29.9 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,695	$63,750
Median home value	$130,200	$99,900
Median gross rent	$736	$846
Housing units	4,161	350
Homeownership rate	62.1%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atchison	Effingham
Population	10,598 → 10,795 (+1.9%)	509 → 644 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$46,465 → $54,695 (+17.7%)	$43,472 → $63,750 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $130,200 (+44.8%)	$75,300 → $99,900 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $736 (+19.7%)	$595 → $846 (+42.2%)

Atchison

Population

10,59810,795

Median household income

$46,465$54,695

Median home value

$89,900$130,200

Median gross rent

$615$736

Effingham

Population

509644

Median household income

$43,472$63,750

Median home value

$75,300$99,900

Median gross rent

$595$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atchison	Effingham
Under 5	6.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.5%	5.0%
18 to 24	20.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	1.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	19.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	10.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	30.0%
75 and over	6.1%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atchison	Effingham
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	94.6%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atchison	Effingham
No high school diploma	4.7%	4.0%
High school graduate	38.0%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	54.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atchison	Effingham
Drove alone	72.9%	83.1%
Carpooled	8.6%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.4%
Other means	2.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atchison	Effingham
1-unit, detached	77.6%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Atchison	Effingham
Poverty rate	15.1%	3.9%
Average household size	2.49	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1962	1964