Ellinwood vs Pawnee Rock

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

Ellinwood and Pawnee Rock 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 293 in Pawnee Rock). Ellinwood has the higher median household income ($55,332 vs $47,188 in Pawnee Rock). Ellinwood has the higher median home value ($94,800 vs $63,500 in Pawnee Rock).

Population, income & housing

	Ellinwood	Pawnee Rock
Population	2,117	293
Median age	44.8 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,332	$47,188
Median home value	$94,800	$63,500
Median gross rent	$702	$592
Housing units	952	137
Homeownership rate	73.5%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellinwood	Pawnee Rock
Population	2,063 → 2,117 (+2.6%)	310 → 293 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $55,332 (+16.5%)	$48,125 → $47,188 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $94,800 (+32.6%)	$36,300 → $63,500 (+74.9%)
Median gross rent	$635 → $702 (+10.6%)	$755 → $592 (-21.6%)

Ellinwood

Population

2,0632,117

Median household income

$47,500$55,332

Median home value

$71,500$94,800

Median gross rent

$635$702

Pawnee Rock

Population

310293

Median household income

$48,125$47,188

Median home value

$36,300$63,500

Median gross rent

$755$592

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellinwood	Pawnee Rock
Under 5	4.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.9%
25 to 34	8.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	7.5%
45 to 54	7.4%	11.9%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	16.1%	15.7%
75 and over	14.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellinwood	Pawnee Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	74.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	17.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellinwood	Pawnee Rock
No high school diploma	5.1%	9.6%
High school graduate	38.8%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellinwood	Pawnee Rock
Drove alone	92.0%	71.8%
Carpooled	3.1%	0.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	14.5%
Other means	0.0%	12.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellinwood	Pawnee Rock
1-unit, detached	89.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ellinwood	Pawnee Rock
Poverty rate	16.3%	28.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1953	1938