Elbing vs Whitewater

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

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

Whitewater has the higher population (900 vs 287 in Elbing). Elbing has the higher median household income ($81,000 vs $71,875 in Whitewater). Elbing has the higher median home value ($136,500 vs $123,700 in Whitewater).

Population, income & housing

	Elbing	Whitewater
Population	287	900
Median age	28.7 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$81,000	$71,875
Median home value	$136,500	$123,700
Median gross rent	—	$933
Housing units	103	366
Homeownership rate	95.7%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elbing	Whitewater
Population	335 → 287 (-14.3%)	778 → 900 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$68,542 → $81,000 (+18.2%)	$63,487 → $71,875 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $136,500 (+24.1%)	$107,100 → $123,700 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$750 → $933 (+24.4%)

Elbing

Population

335287

Median household income

$68,542$81,000

Median home value

$110,000$136,500

Whitewater

Population

778900

Median household income

$63,487$71,875

Median home value

$107,100$123,700

Median gross rent

$750$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elbing	Whitewater
Under 5	11.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	20.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	12.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	5.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	25.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	2.4%	6.3%
75 and over	3.5%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elbing	Whitewater
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	2.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elbing	Whitewater
No high school diploma	2.9%	13.8%
High school graduate	15.5%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	35.6%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elbing	Whitewater
Drove alone	70.5%	88.4%
Carpooled	6.2%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.9%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	10.9%	3.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elbing	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	96.1%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Elbing	Whitewater
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.6%
Average household size	3.12	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1975	1938