Albert vs Great Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Albert and Great Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Great Bend has the higher population (14,596 vs 102 in Albert). Great Bend has the higher median household income ($53,323 vs $51,250 in Albert). Great Bend has the higher median home value ($118,700 vs $67,100 in Albert).

Population, income & housing

	Albert	Great Bend
Population	102	14,596
Median age	55.3 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$53,323
Median home value	$67,100	$118,700
Median gross rent	—	$744
Housing units	55	7,198
Homeownership rate	96.0%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	23.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albert	Great Bend
Population	185 → 102 (-44.9%)	15,358 → 14,596 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $51,250 (+24.2%)	$47,574 → $53,323 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$56,900 → $67,100 (+17.9%)	$95,800 → $118,700 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$655 → $744 (+13.6%)

Albert

Population

185102

Median household income

$41,250$51,250

Median home value

$56,900$67,100

Great Bend

Population

15,35814,596

Median household income

$47,574$53,323

Median home value

$95,800$118,700

Median gross rent

$655$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albert	Great Bend
Under 5	1.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	6.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	15.7%	7.5%
25 to 34	10.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	6.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.8%	9.1%
55 to 64	18.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	13.7%	8.9%
75 and over	18.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albert	Great Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	96.1%	70.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albert	Great Bend
No high school diploma	2.6%	14.3%
High school graduate	46.2%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albert	Great Bend
Drove alone	86.0%	81.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.0%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.0%	5.7%
Other means	8.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albert	Great Bend
1-unit, detached	100.0%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Albert	Great Bend
Poverty rate	14.7%	17.0%
Average household size	2.04	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	23	14
Median year structure built	1958	1959