Gridley vs New Strawn

A side-by-side comparison of Gridley and New Strawn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Strawn has the higher population (408 vs 375 in Gridley). New Strawn has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $58,393 in Gridley). New Strawn has the higher median home value ($157,500 vs $80,000 in Gridley).

Population, income & housing

	Gridley	New Strawn
Population	375	408
Median age	38.3 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,393	$110,000
Median home value	$80,000	$157,500
Median gross rent	$738	$819
Housing units	212	212
Homeownership rate	51.3%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gridley	New Strawn
Population	352 → 375 (+6.5%)	408 → 408 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$38,958 → $58,393 (+49.9%)	$89,063 → $110,000 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$70,000 → $80,000 (+14.3%)	$132,200 → $157,500 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$764 → $738 (-3.4%)	$688 → $819 (+19.0%)

Gridley

Population

352375

Median household income

$38,958$58,393

Median home value

$70,000$80,000

Median gross rent

$764$738

New Strawn

Population

408408

Median household income

$89,063$110,000

Median home value

$132,200$157,500

Median gross rent

$688$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gridley	New Strawn
Under 5	2.7%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.6%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	2.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	5.6%	13.7%
55 to 64	8.0%	16.9%
65 to 74	19.7%	15.4%
75 and over	8.5%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gridley	New Strawn
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gridley	New Strawn
No high school diploma	7.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	37.0%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	41.3%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gridley	New Strawn
Drove alone	84.7%	89.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gridley	New Strawn
1-unit, detached	92.9%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Gridley	New Strawn
Poverty rate	6.7%	6.9%
Average household size	2.01	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	30	13
Median year structure built	1955	1978