El Dorado vs Towanda

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

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

El Dorado has the higher population (12,882 vs 1,748 in Towanda). Towanda has the higher median household income ($71,048 vs $54,828 in El Dorado). Towanda has the higher median home value ($114,700 vs $113,800 in El Dorado).

Population, income & housing

	El Dorado	Towanda
Population	12,882	1,748
Median age	33.9 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,828	$71,048
Median home value	$113,800	$114,700
Median gross rent	$877	$944
Housing units	6,015	702
Homeownership rate	61.6%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Dorado	Towanda
Population	12,988 → 12,882 (-0.8%)	1,311 → 1,748 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$43,314 → $54,828 (+26.6%)	$56,989 → $71,048 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$88,500 → $113,800 (+28.6%)	$79,500 → $114,700 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $877 (+14.9%)	$804 → $944 (+17.4%)

El Dorado

Population

12,98812,882

Median household income

$43,314$54,828

Median home value

$88,500$113,800

Median gross rent

$763$877

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)

	El Dorado	Towanda
Under 5	9.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	29.1%
18 to 24	12.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	11.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.7%	6.6%
75 and over	6.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Dorado	Towanda
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	94.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	1.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Dorado	Towanda
No high school diploma	5.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	31.6%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Dorado	Towanda
Drove alone	84.0%	85.6%
Carpooled	5.3%	3.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	9.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Dorado	Towanda
1-unit, detached	75.9%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	1.9%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	El Dorado	Towanda
Poverty rate	21.4%	12.1%
Average household size	2.31	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1958	1987