Leon vs Whitewater

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

Leon 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 519 in Leon). Whitewater has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $68,750 in Leon). Whitewater has the higher median home value ($123,700 vs $116,400 in Leon).

Population, income & housing

	Leon	Whitewater
Population	519	900
Median age	52.5 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$71,875
Median home value	$116,400	$123,700
Median gross rent	$850	$933
Housing units	282	366
Homeownership rate	74.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.1%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leon	Whitewater
Population	614 → 519 (-15.5%)	778 → 900 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$57,125 → $68,750 (+20.4%)	$63,487 → $71,875 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $116,400 (+60.6%)	$107,100 → $123,700 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $850 (+14.1%)	$750 → $933 (+24.4%)

Leon

Population

614519

Median household income

$57,125$68,750

Median home value

$72,500$116,400

Median gross rent

$745$850

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)

	Leon	Whitewater
Under 5	4.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.0%
18 to 24	3.9%	12.0%
25 to 34	5.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	5.4%
45 to 54	17.0%	25.9%
55 to 64	15.6%	11.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	6.3%
75 and over	13.3%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leon	Whitewater
White (non-Hispanic)	88.4%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leon	Whitewater
No high school diploma	12.8%	13.8%
High school graduate	34.3%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leon	Whitewater
Drove alone	71.4%	88.4%
Carpooled	10.3%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	11.1%	3.3%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leon	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	84.8%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Leon	Whitewater
Poverty rate	14.3%	3.6%
Average household size	2.11	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1973	1938