Elgin vs Niotaze

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

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

Niotaze has the higher population (130 vs 55 in Elgin). Niotaze has the higher median household income ($66,667 vs $24,250 in Elgin). Niotaze has the higher median home value ($97,700 vs $17,900 in Elgin).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Niotaze
Population	55	130
Median age	53.1 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$24,250	$66,667
Median home value	$17,900	$97,700
Housing units	41	57
Homeownership rate	100.0%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	42.1%	15.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Niotaze
Population	75 → 55 (-26.7%)	65 → 130 (+100.0%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $24,250 (-22.4%)	$29,643 → $66,667 (+124.9%)
Median home value	$30,000 → $17,900 (-40.3%)	$50,700 → $97,700 (+92.7%)

Elgin

Population

7555

Median household income

$31,250$24,250

Median home value

$30,000$17,900

Niotaze

Population

65130

Median household income

$29,643$66,667

Median home value

$50,700$97,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Niotaze
Under 5	3.6%	7.7%
5 to 17	7.3%	16.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.1%	14.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	19.2%
45 to 54	29.1%	9.2%
55 to 64	9.1%	26.9%
65 to 74	16.4%	0.0%
75 and over	14.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Niotaze
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	68.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	13.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	18.5%
Hispanic or Latino	18.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Niotaze
No high school diploma	20.4%	13.2%
High school graduate	36.7%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	5.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Niotaze
Drove alone	72.7%	84.3%
Carpooled	27.3%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Niotaze
1-unit, detached	56.1%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	12.2%	0.0%
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	31.7%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Niotaze
Poverty rate	20.0%	30.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1961	1988