Coldwater vs Protection

A side-by-side comparison of Coldwater and Protection: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coldwater has the higher population (667 vs 504 in Protection). Protection has the higher median household income ($63,676 vs $46,250 in Coldwater). Coldwater has the higher median home value ($73,100 vs $55,900 in Protection).

Population, income & housing

	Coldwater	Protection
Population	667	504
Median age	61.1 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$63,676
Median home value	$73,100	$55,900
Median gross rent	$744	$475
Housing units	508	292
Homeownership rate	66.6%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coldwater	Protection
Population	832 → 667 (-19.8%)	340 → 504 (+48.2%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $46,250 (-6.3%)	$41,250 → $63,676 (+54.4%)
Median home value	$53,800 → $73,100 (+35.9%)	$57,100 → $55,900 (-2.1%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $744 (+40.1%)	$361 → $475 (+31.6%)

Coldwater

Population

832667

Median household income

$49,375$46,250

Median home value

$53,800$73,100

Median gross rent

$531$744

Protection

Population

340504

Median household income

$41,250$63,676

Median home value

$57,100$55,900

Median gross rent

$361$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coldwater	Protection
Under 5	1.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	10.8%	12.3%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	7.5%	2.8%
35 to 44	10.2%	16.1%
45 to 54	3.4%	17.7%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.9%
65 to 74	22.6%	8.5%
75 and over	18.4%	16.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coldwater	Protection
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	4.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coldwater	Protection
No high school diploma	7.7%	4.7%
High school graduate	25.1%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	51.2%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coldwater	Protection
Drove alone	81.6%	89.0%
Carpooled	7.5%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	7.3%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coldwater	Protection
1-unit, detached	89.2%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	2.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Coldwater	Protection
Poverty rate	6.5%	9.1%
Average household size	1.64	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	10	19
Median year structure built	1941	1948