Elmdale vs Strong City

A side-by-side comparison of Elmdale and Strong City: population, income, housing, and more.

Elmdale and Strong City are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Strong City has the higher population (492 vs 39 in Elmdale). Strong City has the higher median home value ($94,100 vs $42,000 in Elmdale). Since 2019, Elmdale's population has grown faster (+39.3% vs +2.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Elmdale	Strong City
Population	39	492
Median age	24.7 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$55,000
Median home value	$42,000	$94,100
Median gross rent	—	$449
Housing units	16	325
Homeownership rate	100.0%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.0%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elmdale	Strong City
Population	28 → 39 (+39.3%)	480 → 492 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $42,917 (+9.0%)	$44,318 → $55,000 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$30,000 → $42,000 (+40.0%)	$58,800 → $94,100 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$566 → $449 (-20.7%)

Elmdale

Population

2839

Median household income

$39,375$42,917

Median home value

$30,000$42,000

Strong City

Population

480492

Median household income

$44,318$55,000

Median home value

$58,800$94,100

Median gross rent

$566$449

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elmdale	Strong City
Under 5	25.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	33.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	7.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.9%
55 to 64	7.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	20.5%	12.0%
75 and over	5.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elmdale	Strong City
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.5%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elmdale	Strong City
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	31.3%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	50.0%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elmdale	Strong City
Drove alone	100.0%	79.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elmdale	Strong City
1-unit, detached	62.5%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.5%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Elmdale	Strong City
Poverty rate	79.5%	9.6%
Average household size	2.44	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	—	15
Median year structure built	1938	1958