Morganville vs Wakefield

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

Morganville 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 170 in Morganville). Wakefield has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $48,021 in Morganville). Wakefield has the higher median home value ($166,800 vs $54,400 in Morganville).

Population, income & housing

	Morganville	Wakefield
Population	170	1,031
Median age	53.5 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,021	$66,250
Median home value	$54,400	$166,800
Median gross rent	—	$837
Housing units	116	512
Homeownership rate	96.6%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.0%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morganville	Wakefield
Population	177 → 170 (-4.0%)	956 → 1,031 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $48,021 (+2.9%)	$66,389 → $66,250 (-0.2%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $54,400 (-1.1%)	$136,800 → $166,800 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $681 (+1.6%)	$878 → $837 (-4.7%)

Morganville

Population

177170

Median household income

$46,667$48,021

Median home value

$55,000$54,400

Median gross rent

$670$681

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)

	Morganville	Wakefield
Under 5	5.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	11.8%	14.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	14.1%	6.9%
35 to 44	13.5%	15.9%
45 to 54	5.9%	15.0%
55 to 64	16.5%	17.3%
65 to 74	10.6%	8.6%
75 and over	21.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morganville	Wakefield
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	73.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	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+

	Morganville	Wakefield
No high school diploma	12.1%	3.5%
High school graduate	40.0%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.9%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morganville	Wakefield
Drove alone	84.6%	77.6%
Carpooled	14.1%	11.4%
Public transit	1.3%	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)

	Morganville	Wakefield
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Morganville	Wakefield
Poverty rate	11.2%	10.3%
Average household size	1.91	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	1938	1972