Potwin vs Towanda

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

Potwin 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 562 in Potwin). Towanda has the higher median household income ($71,048 vs $38,833 in Potwin). Towanda has the higher median home value ($114,700 vs $95,000 in Potwin).

Population, income & housing

	Potwin	Towanda
Population	562	1,748
Median age	43.2 yrs	33.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,833	$71,048
Median home value	$95,000	$114,700
Median gross rent	$856	$944
Housing units	264	702
Homeownership rate	88.3%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	24.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Potwin	Towanda
Population	466 → 562 (+20.6%)	1,311 → 1,748 (+33.3%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $38,833 (-16.0%)	$56,989 → $71,048 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$56,900 → $95,000 (+67.0%)	$79,500 → $114,700 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $856 (+25.7%)	$804 → $944 (+17.4%)

Potwin

Population

466562

Median household income

$46,250$38,833

Median home value

$56,900$95,000

Median gross rent

$681$856

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)

	Potwin	Towanda
Under 5	2.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	14.1%	29.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	8.5%	12.7%
35 to 44	21.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	6.2%	6.6%
75 and over	18.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Potwin	Towanda
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	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	16.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Potwin	Towanda
No high school diploma	8.1%	6.3%
High school graduate	42.8%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Potwin	Towanda
Drove alone	87.7%	85.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Potwin	Towanda
1-unit, detached	95.5%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	17.8%

Poverty & households

	Potwin	Towanda
Poverty rate	21.4%	12.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	29	20
Median year structure built	1952	1987