Longford vs Wakefield

A side-by-side comparison of Longford and Wakefield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wakefield has the higher population (1,031 vs 44 in Longford). Wakefield has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $55,000 in Longford). Wakefield has the higher median home value ($166,800 vs $60,000 in Longford).

Population, income & housing

	Longford	Wakefield
Population	44	1,031
Median age	49.5 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,000	$66,250
Median home value	$60,000	$166,800
Median gross rent	—	$837
Housing units	35	512
Homeownership rate	75.0%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.1%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longford	Wakefield
Population	138 → 44 (-68.1%)	956 → 1,031 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$41,667 → $55,000 (+32.0%)	$66,389 → $66,250 (-0.2%)
Median home value	$59,100 → $60,000 (+1.5%)	$136,800 → $166,800 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$878 → $837 (-4.7%)

Longford

Population

13844

Median household income

$41,667$55,000

Median home value

$59,100$60,000

Wakefield

Population

9561,031

Median household income

$66,389$66,250

Median home value

$136,800$166,800

Median gross rent

$878$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Longford	Wakefield
Under 5	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	11.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	15.9%	15.9%
45 to 54	25.0%	15.0%
55 to 64	2.3%	17.3%
65 to 74	34.1%	8.6%
75 and over	4.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longford	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	73.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.5%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	8.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longford	Wakefield
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	27.8%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	55.6%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longford	Wakefield
Drove alone	86.7%	77.6%
Carpooled	13.3%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longford	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	94.3%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Longford	Wakefield
Poverty rate	22.7%	10.3%
Average household size	1.83	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	45	31
Median year structure built	1938	1972