Chicopee vs Walnut

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

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

Chicopee has the higher population (405 vs 230 in Walnut). Chicopee has the higher median household income ($139,423 vs $53,661 in Walnut). Chicopee has the higher median home value ($369,000 vs $25,800 in Walnut).

Population, income & housing

	Chicopee	Walnut
Population	405	230
Median age	43.1 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$139,423	$53,661
Median home value	$369,000	$25,800
Median gross rent	—	$438
Housing units	169	105
Homeownership rate	91.9%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.3%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chicopee	Walnut
Population	565 → 405 (-28.3%)	183 → 230 (+25.7%)
Median household income	$78,700 → $139,423 (+77.2%)	$36,250 → $53,661 (+48.0%)
Median home value	$115,300 → $369,000 (+220.0%)	$15,000 → $25,800 (+72.0%)

Chicopee

Population

565405

Median household income

$78,700$139,423

Median home value

$115,300$369,000

Walnut

Population

183230

Median household income

$36,250$53,661

Median home value

$15,000$25,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chicopee	Walnut
Under 5	3.7%	0.9%
5 to 17	30.4%	26.1%
18 to 24	4.0%	14.3%
25 to 34	3.2%	3.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	29.6%
45 to 54	21.0%	5.2%
55 to 64	8.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	14.1%	5.7%
75 and over	0.0%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chicopee	Walnut
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chicopee	Walnut
No high school diploma	5.2%	12.6%
High school graduate	0.0%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	23.5%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	47.0%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.3%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chicopee	Walnut
Drove alone	93.0%	36.9%
Carpooled	7.0%	58.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chicopee	Walnut
1-unit, detached	92.3%	79.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	7.7%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Chicopee	Walnut
Poverty rate	0.0%	33.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	13	27
Median year structure built	1995	1942