New Strawn vs Waverly

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

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

Waverly has the higher population (528 vs 408 in New Strawn). New Strawn has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $58,958 in Waverly). New Strawn has the higher median home value ($157,500 vs $85,000 in Waverly).

Population, income & housing

	New Strawn	Waverly
Population	408	528
Median age	43.8 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$110,000	$58,958
Median home value	$157,500	$85,000
Median gross rent	$819	$935
Housing units	212	266
Homeownership rate	82.6%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.3%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	18.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Strawn	Waverly
Population	408 → 408 (+0.0%)	650 → 528 (-18.8%)
Median household income	$89,063 → $110,000 (+23.5%)	$46,333 → $58,958 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$132,200 → $157,500 (+19.1%)	$82,600 → $85,000 (+2.9%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $819 (+19.0%)	$633 → $935 (+47.7%)

New Strawn

Population

408408

Median household income

$89,063$110,000

Median home value

$132,200$157,500

Median gross rent

$688$819

Waverly

Population

650528

Median household income

$46,333$58,958

Median home value

$82,600$85,000

Median gross rent

$633$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Strawn	Waverly
Under 5	6.4%	2.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	15.5%
18 to 24	2.5%	2.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	22.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	7.8%
55 to 64	16.9%	15.2%
65 to 74	15.4%	8.3%
75 and over	2.9%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Strawn	Waverly
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Strawn	Waverly
No high school diploma	3.2%	14.4%
High school graduate	24.0%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Strawn	Waverly
Drove alone	89.6%	78.9%
Carpooled	5.0%	13.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	7.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Strawn	Waverly
1-unit, detached	92.9%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	New Strawn	Waverly
Poverty rate	6.9%	11.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	13	22
Median year structure built	1978	1943