Chautauqua vs Elgin

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

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

Chautauqua has the higher population (108 vs 55 in Elgin). Chautauqua has the higher median home value ($46,300 vs $17,900 in Elgin). Since 2019, Chautauqua's population has grown faster (+120.4% vs -26.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Chautauqua	Elgin
Population	108	55
Median age	51.1 yrs	53.1 yrs
Median household income	—	$24,250
Median home value	$46,300	$17,900
Housing units	46	41
Homeownership rate	80.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	8.2%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	42.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chautauqua	Elgin
Population	49 → 108 (+120.4%)	75 → 55 (-26.7%)
Median household income	$26,250 → $32,500 (+23.8%)	$31,250 → $24,250 (-22.4%)
Median home value	$23,600 → $46,300 (+96.2%)	$30,000 → $17,900 (-40.3%)

Chautauqua

Population

49108

Median household income

$26,250$32,500

Median home value

$23,600$46,300

Elgin

Population

7555

Median household income

$31,250$24,250

Median home value

$30,000$17,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chautauqua	Elgin
Under 5	12.0%	3.6%
5 to 17	2.8%	7.3%
18 to 24	1.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	7.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	31.5%	29.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	9.1%
65 to 74	8.3%	16.4%
75 and over	21.3%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chautauqua	Elgin
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	12.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chautauqua	Elgin
No high school diploma	6.7%	20.4%
High school graduate	51.1%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.2%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chautauqua	Elgin
Drove alone	76.7%	72.7%
Carpooled	20.0%	27.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chautauqua	Elgin
1-unit, detached	76.1%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	12.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Chautauqua	Elgin
Poverty rate	9.3%	20.0%
Average household size	3.00	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	22	—
Median year structure built	1950	1961