Cedar Vale vs Elgin

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Vale and Elgin: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Vale and Elgin are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cedar Vale has the higher population (618 vs 55 in Elgin). Cedar Vale has the higher median household income ($44,844 vs $24,250 in Elgin). Cedar Vale has the higher median home value ($35,600 vs $17,900 in Elgin).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Vale	Elgin
Population	618	55
Median age	33.0 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,844	$24,250
Median home value	$35,600	$17,900
Median gross rent	$525	—
Housing units	394	41
Homeownership rate	72.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	42.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Vale	Elgin
Population	638 → 618 (-3.1%)	75 → 55 (-26.7%)
Median household income	$37,688 → $44,844 (+19.0%)	$31,250 → $24,250 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$18,800 → $35,600 (+89.4%)	$30,000 → $17,900 (-40.3%)
Median gross rent	$448 → $525 (+17.2%)	—

Cedar Vale

Population

638618

Median household income

$37,688$44,844

Median home value

$18,800$35,600

Median gross rent

$448$525

Elgin

Population

7555

Median household income

$31,250$24,250

Median home value

$30,000$17,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Vale	Elgin
Under 5	8.3%	3.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	7.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	18.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	29.1%
55 to 64	10.5%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	16.4%
75 and over	3.9%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Vale	Elgin
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	80.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	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	6.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Vale	Elgin
No high school diploma	4.8%	20.4%
High school graduate	41.1%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Vale	Elgin
Drove alone	97.1%	72.7%
Carpooled	0.6%	27.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Vale	Elgin
1-unit, detached	80.5%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Vale	Elgin
Poverty rate	21.7%	20.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	—
Median year structure built	1958	1961