Douglass vs Potwin

A side-by-side comparison of Douglass and Potwin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Douglass has the higher population (1,523 vs 562 in Potwin). Douglass has the higher median household income ($70,735 vs $38,833 in Potwin). Douglass has the higher median home value ($115,300 vs $95,000 in Potwin).

Population, income & housing

	Douglass	Potwin
Population	1,523	562
Median age	35.3 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,735	$38,833
Median home value	$115,300	$95,000
Median gross rent	$869	$856
Housing units	652	264
Homeownership rate	77.3%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglass	Potwin
Population	1,780 → 1,523 (-14.4%)	466 → 562 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$56,776 → $70,735 (+24.6%)	$46,250 → $38,833 (-16.0%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $115,300 (+30.3%)	$56,900 → $95,000 (+67.0%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $869 (+23.4%)	$681 → $856 (+25.7%)

Douglass

Population

1,7801,523

Median household income

$56,776$70,735

Median home value

$88,500$115,300

Median gross rent

$704$869

Potwin

Population

466562

Median household income

$46,250$38,833

Median home value

$56,900$95,000

Median gross rent

$681$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglass	Potwin
Under 5	5.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.6%	8.5%
35 to 44	8.8%	21.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.2%
75 and over	7.2%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglass	Potwin
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.2%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	16.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglass	Potwin
No high school diploma	6.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	32.1%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglass	Potwin
Drove alone	82.1%	87.7%
Carpooled	11.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	1.4%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglass	Potwin
1-unit, detached	84.0%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Douglass	Potwin
Poverty rate	9.1%	21.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	32	29
Median year structure built	1960	1952