Effingham vs Huron

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

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

Effingham has the higher population (644 vs 33 in Huron). Effingham has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $61,250 in Huron). Since 2019, Effingham's population has grown faster (+26.5% vs -57.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Effingham	Huron
Population	644	33
Median age	56.3 yrs	51.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$61,250
Median home value	$99,900	—
Median gross rent	$846	—
Housing units	350	20
Homeownership rate	80.9%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	14.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Effingham	Huron
Population	509 → 644 (+26.5%)	77 → 33 (-57.1%)
Median household income	$43,472 → $63,750 (+46.6%)	$24,375 → $61,250 (+151.3%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $99,900 (+32.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$595 → $846 (+42.2%)	—

Effingham

Population

509644

Median household income

$43,472$63,750

Median home value

$75,300$99,900

Median gross rent

$595$846

Huron

Population

7733

Median household income

$24,375$61,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Effingham	Huron
Under 5	5.6%	3.0%
5 to 17	5.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	12.1%
25 to 34	9.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	1.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	19.6%	30.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	21.2%
65 to 74	30.0%	6.1%
75 and over	11.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Effingham	Huron
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Effingham	Huron
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.6%
High school graduate	33.3%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	54.0%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Effingham	Huron
Drove alone	83.1%	83.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	16.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Effingham	Huron
1-unit, detached	85.4%	55.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	45.0%

Poverty & households

	Effingham	Huron
Poverty rate	3.9%	3.0%
Average household size	1.98	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1964	1960