Hiawatha vs Horton

A side-by-side comparison of Hiawatha and Horton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hiawatha has the higher population (3,223 vs 1,708 in Horton). Hiawatha has the higher median household income ($65,058 vs $41,650 in Horton). Hiawatha has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $74,600 in Horton).

Population, income & housing

	Hiawatha	Horton
Population	3,223	1,708
Median age	41.8 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,058	$41,650
Median home value	$112,500	$74,600
Median gross rent	$683	$665
Housing units	1,596	847
Homeownership rate	70.5%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hiawatha	Horton
Population	3,147 → 3,223 (+2.4%)	1,750 → 1,708 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$41,375 → $65,058 (+57.2%)	$38,529 → $41,650 (+8.1%)
Median home value	$87,500 → $112,500 (+28.6%)	$63,800 → $74,600 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $683 (-1.6%)	$581 → $665 (+14.5%)

Hiawatha

Population

3,1473,223

Median household income

$41,375$65,058

Median home value

$87,500$112,500

Median gross rent

$694$683

Horton

Population

1,7501,708

Median household income

$38,529$41,650

Median home value

$63,800$74,600

Median gross rent

$581$665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hiawatha	Horton
Under 5	3.7%	8.0%
5 to 17	21.2%	20.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	9.2%	11.5%
35 to 44	14.9%	9.3%
45 to 54	9.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	17.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.8%
75 and over	7.5%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hiawatha	Horton
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	74.1%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	6.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hiawatha	Horton
No high school diploma	5.3%	7.0%
High school graduate	39.8%	44.5%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hiawatha	Horton
Drove alone	79.2%	80.9%
Carpooled	10.7%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	2.7%
Other means	2.7%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hiawatha	Horton
1-unit, detached	78.2%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.4%
20 or more units	5.8%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Hiawatha	Horton
Poverty rate	11.3%	26.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	12	22
Median year structure built	1961	1949