Ellinwood vs Great Bend

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

Ellinwood 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 2,117 in Ellinwood). Ellinwood has the higher median household income ($55,332 vs $53,323 in Great Bend). Great Bend has the higher median home value ($118,700 vs $94,800 in Ellinwood).

Population, income & housing

	Ellinwood	Great Bend
Population	2,117	14,596
Median age	44.8 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,332	$53,323
Median home value	$94,800	$118,700
Median gross rent	$702	$744
Housing units	952	7,198
Homeownership rate	73.5%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellinwood	Great Bend
Population	2,063 → 2,117 (+2.6%)	15,358 → 14,596 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $55,332 (+16.5%)	$47,574 → $53,323 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $94,800 (+32.6%)	$95,800 → $118,700 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $702 (+10.6%)	$655 → $744 (+13.6%)

Ellinwood

Population

2,0632,117

Median household income

$47,500$55,332

Median home value

$71,500$94,800

Median gross rent

$635$702

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)

	Ellinwood	Great Bend
Under 5	4.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	8.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	7.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.5%
65 to 74	16.1%	8.9%
75 and over	14.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellinwood	Great Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	70.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellinwood	Great Bend
No high school diploma	5.1%	14.3%
High school graduate	38.8%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellinwood	Great Bend
Drove alone	92.0%	81.5%
Carpooled	3.1%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.5%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.4%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellinwood	Great Bend
1-unit, detached	89.8%	71.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Ellinwood	Great Bend
Poverty rate	16.3%	17.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	14	14
Median year structure built	1953	1959