Arma vs Girard

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

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

Girard has the higher population (2,706 vs 1,131 in Arma). Arma has the higher median household income ($43,073 vs $41,629 in Girard). Girard has the higher median home value ($84,500 vs $83,100 in Arma).

Population, income & housing

	Arma	Girard
Population	1,131	2,706
Median age	55.6 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,073	$41,629
Median home value	$83,100	$84,500
Median gross rent	$753	$795
Housing units	639	1,270
Homeownership rate	67.1%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arma	Girard
Population	1,385 → 1,131 (-18.3%)	2,707 → 2,706 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$35,208 → $43,073 (+22.3%)	$38,929 → $41,629 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$77,600 → $83,100 (+7.1%)	$78,000 → $84,500 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $753 (+32.6%)	$788 → $795 (+0.9%)

Arma

Population

1,3851,131

Median household income

$35,208$43,073

Median home value

$77,600$83,100

Median gross rent

$568$753

Girard

Population

2,7072,706

Median household income

$38,929$41,629

Median home value

$78,000$84,500

Median gross rent

$788$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arma	Girard
Under 5	1.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	9.5%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	15.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	8.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	8.9%
55 to 64	18.9%	11.0%
65 to 74	19.0%	14.7%
75 and over	14.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arma	Girard
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	92.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arma	Girard
No high school diploma	6.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	42.7%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arma	Girard
Drove alone	83.1%	75.6%
Carpooled	10.8%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	1.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arma	Girard
1-unit, detached	84.7%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Arma	Girard
Poverty rate	11.4%	16.4%
Average household size	1.91	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1964	1962