Elbing vs Potwin

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

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

Potwin has the higher population (562 vs 287 in Elbing). Elbing has the higher median household income ($81,000 vs $38,833 in Potwin). Elbing has the higher median home value ($136,500 vs $95,000 in Potwin).

Population, income & housing

	Elbing	Potwin
Population	287	562
Median age	28.7 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,000	$38,833
Median home value	$136,500	$95,000
Median gross rent	—	$856
Housing units	103	264
Homeownership rate	95.7%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elbing	Potwin
Population	335 → 287 (-14.3%)	466 → 562 (+20.6%)
Median household income	$68,542 → $81,000 (+18.2%)	$46,250 → $38,833 (-16.0%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $136,500 (+24.1%)	$56,900 → $95,000 (+67.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$681 → $856 (+25.7%)

Elbing

Population

335287

Median household income

$68,542$81,000

Median home value

$110,000$136,500

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)

	Elbing	Potwin
Under 5	11.1%	2.7%
5 to 17	20.6%	14.1%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	15.7%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	21.0%
45 to 54	13.2%	9.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.9%
65 to 74	2.4%	6.2%
75 and over	3.5%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elbing	Potwin
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	16.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elbing	Potwin
No high school diploma	2.9%	8.1%
High school graduate	15.5%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elbing	Potwin
Drove alone	70.5%	87.7%
Carpooled	6.2%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	1.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elbing	Potwin
1-unit, detached	96.1%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Elbing	Potwin
Poverty rate	0.0%	21.4%
Average household size	3.12	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1975	1952