Douglass vs Towanda

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

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

Towanda has the higher population (1,748 vs 1,523 in Douglass). Towanda has the higher median household income ($71,048 vs $70,735 in Douglass). Douglass has the higher median home value ($115,300 vs $114,700 in Towanda).

Population, income & housing

	Douglass	Towanda
Population	1,523	1,748
Median age	35.3 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,735	$71,048
Median home value	$115,300	$114,700
Median gross rent	$869	$944
Housing units	652	702
Homeownership rate	77.3%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglass	Towanda
Population	1,780 → 1,523 (-14.4%)	1,311 → 1,748 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$56,776 → $70,735 (+24.6%)	$56,989 → $71,048 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $115,300 (+30.3%)	$79,500 → $114,700 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$704 → $869 (+23.4%)	$804 → $944 (+17.4%)

Douglass

Population

1,7801,523

Median household income

$56,776$70,735

Median home value

$88,500$115,300

Median gross rent

$704$869

Towanda

Population

1,3111,748

Median household income

$56,989$71,048

Median home value

$79,500$114,700

Median gross rent

$804$944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglass	Towanda
Under 5	5.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	29.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	8.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	6.6%
75 and over	7.2%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglass	Towanda
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglass	Towanda
No high school diploma	6.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	32.1%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglass	Towanda
Drove alone	82.1%	85.6%
Carpooled	11.2%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	9.3%
Other means	1.4%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglass	Towanda
1-unit, detached	84.0%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Douglass	Towanda
Poverty rate	9.1%	12.1%
Average household size	2.53	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	1960	1987