Abilene vs Enterprise

A side-by-side comparison of Abilene and Enterprise: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Abilene has the higher population (6,449 vs 831 in Enterprise). Enterprise has the higher median household income ($61,029 vs $56,592 in Abilene). Abilene has the higher median home value ($136,000 vs $102,600 in Enterprise).

Population, income & housing

	Abilene	Enterprise
Population	6,449	831
Median age	43.7 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,592	$61,029
Median home value	$136,000	$102,600
Median gross rent	$788	$917
Housing units	3,258	373
Homeownership rate	74.7%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abilene	Enterprise
Population	6,362 → 6,449 (+1.4%)	953 → 831 (-12.8%)
Median household income	$50,183 → $56,592 (+12.8%)	$47,938 → $61,029 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$117,500 → $136,000 (+15.7%)	$58,000 → $102,600 (+76.9%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $788 (+17.3%)	$823 → $917 (+11.4%)

Abilene

Population

6,3626,449

Median household income

$50,183$56,592

Median home value

$117,500$136,000

Median gross rent

$672$788

Enterprise

Population

953831

Median household income

$47,938$61,029

Median home value

$58,000$102,600

Median gross rent

$823$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abilene	Enterprise
Under 5	5.5%	1.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	11.1%
25 to 34	8.0%	18.1%
35 to 44	16.8%	7.9%
45 to 54	7.6%	20.1%
55 to 64	17.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	7.0%
75 and over	11.3%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abilene	Enterprise
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	74.6%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	17.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abilene	Enterprise
No high school diploma	8.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	34.0%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	51.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	8.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abilene	Enterprise
Drove alone	77.4%	78.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	13.1%
Public transit	1.2%	0.2%
Walked	3.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.7%
Other means	1.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abilene	Enterprise
1-unit, detached	85.2%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	4.3%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Abilene	Enterprise
Poverty rate	8.1%	11.9%
Average household size	2.08	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1954	1953