Arma vs Frontenac

A side-by-side comparison of Arma and Frontenac: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Frontenac has the higher population (3,381 vs 1,131 in Arma). Frontenac has the higher median household income ($56,867 vs $43,073 in Arma). Frontenac has the higher median home value ($165,400 vs $83,100 in Arma).

Population, income & housing

	Arma	Frontenac
Population	1,131	3,381
Median age	55.6 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$43,073	$56,867
Median home value	$83,100	$165,400
Median gross rent	$753	$847
Housing units	639	1,498
Homeownership rate	67.1%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arma	Frontenac
Population	1,385 → 1,131 (-18.3%)	3,400 → 3,381 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$35,208 → $43,073 (+22.3%)	$56,467 → $56,867 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$77,600 → $83,100 (+7.1%)	$131,400 → $165,400 (+25.9%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $753 (+32.6%)	$804 → $847 (+5.3%)

Arma

Population

1,3851,131

Median household income

$35,208$43,073

Median home value

$77,600$83,100

Median gross rent

$568$753

Frontenac

Population

3,4003,381

Median household income

$56,467$56,867

Median home value

$131,400$165,400

Median gross rent

$804$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arma	Frontenac
Under 5	1.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	9.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	15.6%
35 to 44	8.0%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	18.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	19.0%	7.1%
75 and over	14.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arma	Frontenac
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	89.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arma	Frontenac
No high school diploma	6.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	42.7%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	44.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arma	Frontenac
Drove alone	83.1%	90.8%
Carpooled	10.8%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arma	Frontenac
1-unit, detached	84.7%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	9.2%

Poverty & households

	Arma	Frontenac
Poverty rate	11.4%	9.1%
Average household size	1.91	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1964	1980