Matfield Green vs Strong City

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

Matfield Green 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 60 in Matfield Green). Strong City has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $41,875 in Matfield Green). Strong City has the higher median home value ($94,100 vs $65,000 in Matfield Green).

Population, income & housing

	Matfield Green	Strong City
Population	60	492
Median age	49.1 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,875	$55,000
Median home value	$65,000	$94,100
Median gross rent	$750	$449
Housing units	31	325
Homeownership rate	77.8%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Matfield Green	Strong City
Population	52 → 60 (+15.4%)	480 → 492 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$31,563 → $41,875 (+32.7%)	$44,318 → $55,000 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$80,800 → $65,000 (-19.6%)	$58,800 → $94,100 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $750 (+15.4%)	$566 → $449 (-20.7%)

Matfield Green

Population

5260

Median household income

$31,563$41,875

Median home value

$80,800$65,000

Median gross rent

$650$750

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)

	Matfield Green	Strong City
Under 5	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	25.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.9%
25 to 34	3.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.7%
45 to 54	31.7%	7.9%
55 to 64	16.7%	13.0%
65 to 74	18.3%	12.0%
75 and over	5.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Matfield Green	Strong City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	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	3.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Matfield Green	Strong City
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.8%
High school graduate	44.4%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Matfield Green	Strong City
Drove alone	72.7%	79.8%
Carpooled	9.1%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Matfield Green	Strong City
1-unit, detached	83.9%	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	16.1%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Matfield Green	Strong City
Poverty rate	53.3%	9.6%
Average household size	2.22	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1938	1958