Coldwater vs Wilmore

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

Coldwater and Wilmore 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 37 in Wilmore). Wilmore has the higher median household income ($70,417 vs $46,250 in Coldwater). Coldwater has the higher median home value ($73,100 vs $60,000 in Wilmore).

Population, income & housing

	Coldwater	Wilmore
Population	667	37
Median age	61.1 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$70,417
Median home value	$73,100	$60,000
Median gross rent	$744	—
Housing units	508	32
Homeownership rate	66.6%	94.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coldwater	Wilmore
Population	832 → 667 (-19.8%)	40 → 37 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$49,375 → $46,250 (-6.3%)	$44,792 → $70,417 (+57.2%)
Median home value	$53,800 → $73,100 (+35.9%)	$55,000 → $60,000 (+9.1%)
Median gross rent	$531 → $744 (+40.1%)	—

Coldwater

Population

832667

Median household income

$49,375$46,250

Median home value

$53,800$73,100

Median gross rent

$531$744

Wilmore

Population

4037

Median household income

$44,792$70,417

Median home value

$55,000$60,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coldwater	Wilmore
Under 5	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.8%	18.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	7.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	3.4%	16.2%
55 to 64	15.9%	24.3%
65 to 74	22.6%	21.6%
75 and over	18.4%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coldwater	Wilmore
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	97.3%
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%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coldwater	Wilmore
No high school diploma	7.7%	3.7%
High school graduate	25.1%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	51.2%	59.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coldwater	Wilmore
Drove alone	81.6%	86.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	4.5%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coldwater	Wilmore
1-unit, detached	89.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coldwater	Wilmore
Poverty rate	6.5%	29.7%
Average household size	1.64	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	10	21
Median year structure built	1941	1938