Potwin vs Whitewater

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

Potwin 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 562 in Potwin). Whitewater has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $38,833 in Potwin). Whitewater has the higher median home value ($123,700 vs $95,000 in Potwin).

Population, income & housing

	Potwin	Whitewater
Population	562	900
Median age	43.2 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$38,833	$71,875
Median home value	$95,000	$123,700
Median gross rent	$856	$933
Housing units	264	366
Homeownership rate	88.3%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Potwin	Whitewater
Population	466 → 562 (+20.6%)	778 → 900 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $38,833 (-16.0%)	$63,487 → $71,875 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$56,900 → $95,000 (+67.0%)	$107,100 → $123,700 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $856 (+25.7%)	$750 → $933 (+24.4%)

Potwin

Population

466562

Median household income

$46,250$38,833

Median home value

$56,900$95,000

Median gross rent

$681$856

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)

	Potwin	Whitewater
Under 5	2.7%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	12.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	21.0%	5.4%
45 to 54	9.1%	25.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	11.0%
65 to 74	6.2%	6.3%
75 and over	18.1%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Potwin	Whitewater
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	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	16.0%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Potwin	Whitewater
No high school diploma	8.1%	13.8%
High school graduate	42.8%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Potwin	Whitewater
Drove alone	87.7%	88.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	1.4%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Potwin	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	95.5%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	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	3.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Potwin	Whitewater
Poverty rate	21.4%	3.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1952	1938