Frontenac vs Girard

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

Frontenac and Girard 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 2,706 in Girard). Frontenac has the higher median household income ($56,867 vs $41,629 in Girard). Frontenac has the higher median home value ($165,400 vs $84,500 in Girard).

Population, income & housing

	Frontenac	Girard
Population	3,381	2,706
Median age	40.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,867	$41,629
Median home value	$165,400	$84,500
Median gross rent	$847	$795
Housing units	1,498	1,270
Homeownership rate	69.0%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frontenac	Girard
Population	3,400 → 3,381 (-0.6%)	2,707 → 2,706 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$56,467 → $56,867 (+0.7%)	$38,929 → $41,629 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$131,400 → $165,400 (+25.9%)	$78,000 → $84,500 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $847 (+5.3%)	$788 → $795 (+0.9%)

Frontenac

Population

3,4003,381

Median household income

$56,467$56,867

Median home value

$131,400$165,400

Median gross rent

$804$847

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)

	Frontenac	Girard
Under 5	6.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	15.2%
25 to 34	15.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	7.1%	14.7%
75 and over	8.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frontenac	Girard
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	92.0%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frontenac	Girard
No high school diploma	3.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	25.3%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	44.6%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frontenac	Girard
Drove alone	90.8%	75.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frontenac	Girard
1-unit, detached	82.0%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Frontenac	Girard
Poverty rate	9.1%	16.4%
Average household size	2.36	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	14	18
Median year structure built	1980	1962