Leon vs Towanda

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

Leon 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 519 in Leon). Towanda has the higher median household income ($71,048 vs $68,750 in Leon). Leon has the higher median home value ($116,400 vs $114,700 in Towanda).

Population, income & housing

	Leon	Towanda
Population	519	1,748
Median age	52.5 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$71,048
Median home value	$116,400	$114,700
Median gross rent	$850	$944
Housing units	282	702
Homeownership rate	74.0%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leon	Towanda
Population	614 → 519 (-15.5%)	1,311 → 1,748 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$57,125 → $68,750 (+20.4%)	$56,989 → $71,048 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $116,400 (+60.6%)	$79,500 → $114,700 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $850 (+14.1%)	$804 → $944 (+17.4%)

Leon

Population

614519

Median household income

$57,125$68,750

Median home value

$72,500$116,400

Median gross rent

$745$850

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)

	Leon	Towanda
Under 5	4.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	29.1%
18 to 24	3.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	5.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.8%
45 to 54	17.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	6.6%
75 and over	13.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leon	Towanda
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leon	Towanda
No high school diploma	12.8%	6.3%
High school graduate	34.3%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leon	Towanda
Drove alone	71.4%	85.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	9.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leon	Towanda
1-unit, detached	84.8%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Leon	Towanda
Poverty rate	14.3%	12.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	28	20
Median year structure built	1973	1987