Claflin vs Ellinwood

A side-by-side comparison of Claflin and Ellinwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ellinwood has the higher population (2,117 vs 434 in Claflin). Claflin has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $55,332 in Ellinwood). Claflin has the higher median home value ($101,900 vs $94,800 in Ellinwood).

Population, income & housing

	Claflin	Ellinwood
Population	434	2,117
Median age	40.9 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$55,332
Median home value	$101,900	$94,800
Median gross rent	$600	$702
Housing units	231	952
Homeownership rate	80.8%	73.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Claflin	Ellinwood
Population	406 → 434 (+6.9%)	2,063 → 2,117 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$46,875 → $61,250 (+30.7%)	$47,500 → $55,332 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$75,400 → $101,900 (+35.1%)	$71,500 → $94,800 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $600 (+14.3%)	$635 → $702 (+10.6%)

Claflin

Population

406434

Median household income

$46,875$61,250

Median home value

$75,400$101,900

Median gross rent

$525$600

Ellinwood

Population

2,0632,117

Median household income

$47,500$55,332

Median home value

$71,500$94,800

Median gross rent

$635$702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Claflin	Ellinwood
Under 5	1.6%	4.3%
5 to 17	25.8%	16.3%
18 to 24	3.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	7.6%	8.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	6.5%	7.4%
55 to 64	16.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	15.4%	16.1%
75 and over	8.8%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Claflin	Ellinwood
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Claflin	Ellinwood
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	35.5%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Claflin	Ellinwood
Drove alone	78.5%	92.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Claflin	Ellinwood
1-unit, detached	94.4%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Claflin	Ellinwood
Poverty rate	23.0%	16.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1958	1953