Ellinwood vs Hoisington

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

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

Hoisington has the higher population (2,660 vs 2,117 in Ellinwood). Ellinwood has the higher median household income ($55,332 vs $50,344 in Hoisington). Ellinwood has the higher median home value ($94,800 vs $78,800 in Hoisington).

Population, income & housing

	Ellinwood	Hoisington
Population	2,117	2,660
Median age	44.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,332	$50,344
Median home value	$94,800	$78,800
Median gross rent	$702	$848
Housing units	952	1,367
Homeownership rate	73.5%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellinwood	Hoisington
Population	2,063 → 2,117 (+2.6%)	2,840 → 2,660 (-6.3%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $55,332 (+16.5%)	$49,718 → $50,344 (+1.3%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $94,800 (+32.6%)	$69,900 → $78,800 (+12.7%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $702 (+10.6%)	$657 → $848 (+29.1%)

Ellinwood

Population

2,0632,117

Median household income

$47,500$55,332

Median home value

$71,500$94,800

Median gross rent

$635$702

Hoisington

Population

2,8402,660

Median household income

$49,718$50,344

Median home value

$69,900$78,800

Median gross rent

$657$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellinwood	Hoisington
Under 5	4.3%	8.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	8.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.1%
45 to 54	7.4%	8.6%
55 to 64	12.2%	13.8%
65 to 74	16.1%	14.8%
75 and over	14.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellinwood	Hoisington
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellinwood	Hoisington
No high school diploma	5.1%	3.2%
High school graduate	38.8%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	43.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellinwood	Hoisington
Drove alone	92.0%	85.2%
Carpooled	3.1%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellinwood	Hoisington
1-unit, detached	89.8%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Ellinwood	Hoisington
Poverty rate	16.3%	15.1%
Average household size	2.48	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1953	1953