Arcadia vs Walnut

A side-by-side comparison of Arcadia and Walnut: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arcadia has the higher population (271 vs 230 in Walnut). Arcadia has the higher median home value ($26,300 vs $25,800 in Walnut). Since 2019, Walnut's population has grown faster (+25.7% vs -25.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Arcadia	Walnut
Population	271	230
Median age	44.6 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,661
Median home value	$26,300	$25,800
Median gross rent	$975	$438
Housing units	161	105
Homeownership rate	63.6%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcadia	Walnut
Population	364 → 271 (-25.5%)	183 → 230 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$20,481 → $42,500 (+107.5%)	$36,250 → $53,661 (+48.0%)
Median home value	$25,300 → $26,300 (+4.0%)	$15,000 → $25,800 (+72.0%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $975 (+79.2%)	—

Arcadia

Population

364271

Median household income

$20,481$42,500

Median home value

$25,300$26,300

Median gross rent

$544$975

Walnut

Population

183230

Median household income

$36,250$53,661

Median home value

$15,000$25,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcadia	Walnut
Under 5	10.3%	0.9%
5 to 17	15.1%	26.1%
18 to 24	4.1%	14.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	3.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	29.6%
45 to 54	5.9%	5.2%
55 to 64	23.2%	12.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	5.7%
75 and over	10.0%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcadia	Walnut
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	3.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcadia	Walnut
No high school diploma	7.3%	12.6%
High school graduate	48.7%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcadia	Walnut
Drove alone	53.2%	36.9%
Carpooled	5.1%	58.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	41.8%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcadia	Walnut
1-unit, detached	93.2%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Arcadia	Walnut
Poverty rate	35.4%	33.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1938	1942