Towanda vs Whitewater

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

Towanda and Whitewater 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 900 in Whitewater). Whitewater has the higher median household income ($71,875 vs $71,048 in Towanda). Whitewater has the higher median home value ($123,700 vs $114,700 in Towanda).

Population, income & housing

	Towanda	Whitewater
Population	1,748	900
Median age	33.2 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,048	$71,875
Median home value	$114,700	$123,700
Median gross rent	$944	$933
Housing units	702	366
Homeownership rate	83.9%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Towanda	Whitewater
Population	1,311 → 1,748 (+33.3%)	778 → 900 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$56,989 → $71,048 (+24.7%)	$63,487 → $71,875 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $114,700 (+44.3%)	$107,100 → $123,700 (+15.5%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $944 (+17.4%)	$750 → $933 (+24.4%)

Towanda

Population

1,3111,748

Median household income

$56,989$71,048

Median home value

$79,500$114,700

Median gross rent

$804$944

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)

	Towanda	Whitewater
Under 5	5.1%	3.9%
5 to 17	29.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	12.0%
25 to 34	12.7%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	5.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	25.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.0%
65 to 74	6.6%	6.3%
75 and over	4.1%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Towanda	Whitewater
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Towanda	Whitewater
No high school diploma	6.3%	13.8%
High school graduate	25.8%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	43.7%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Towanda	Whitewater
Drove alone	85.6%	88.4%
Carpooled	3.6%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.3%	3.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Towanda	Whitewater
1-unit, detached	79.1%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Towanda	Whitewater
Poverty rate	12.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.65	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1987	1938