Jennings vs Oberlin

A side-by-side comparison of Jennings and Oberlin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oberlin has the higher population (1,763 vs 89 in Jennings). Jennings has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $47,813 in Oberlin). Oberlin has the higher median home value ($77,400 vs $41,100 in Jennings).

Population, income & housing

	Jennings	Oberlin
Population	89	1,763
Median age	39.3 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$85,000	$47,813
Median home value	$41,100	$77,400
Median gross rent	—	$750
Housing units	71	1,021
Homeownership rate	81.0%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jennings	Oberlin
Population	84 → 89 (+6.0%)	1,622 → 1,763 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $85,000 (+65.9%)	$38,438 → $47,813 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$53,800 → $41,100 (-23.6%)	$64,600 → $77,400 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $665 (-7.4%)	$656 → $750 (+14.3%)

Jennings

Population

8489

Median household income

$51,250$85,000

Median home value

$53,800$41,100

Median gross rent

$718$665

Oberlin

Population

1,6221,763

Median household income

$38,438$47,813

Median home value

$64,600$77,400

Median gross rent

$656$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jennings	Oberlin
Under 5	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	22.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	0.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	6.7%	6.9%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	15.7%	20.2%
75 and over	7.9%	16.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jennings	Oberlin
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	90.2%
Black or African American	5.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jennings	Oberlin
No high school diploma	1.6%	6.5%
High school graduate	43.8%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jennings	Oberlin
Drove alone	46.7%	67.4%
Carpooled	20.0%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	6.1%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.3%	21.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jennings	Oberlin
1-unit, detached	76.1%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Jennings	Oberlin
Poverty rate	10.1%	13.0%
Average household size	2.12	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	22	12
Median year structure built	1938	1955