Abilene vs Herington

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

Abilene and Herington 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 2,105 in Herington). Herington has the higher median household income ($68,214 vs $56,592 in Abilene). Abilene has the higher median home value ($136,000 vs $79,000 in Herington).

Population, income & housing

	Abilene	Herington
Population	6,449	2,105
Median age	43.7 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,592	$68,214
Median home value	$136,000	$79,000
Median gross rent	$788	$916
Housing units	3,258	1,227
Homeownership rate	74.7%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abilene	Herington
Population	6,362 → 6,449 (+1.4%)	2,147 → 2,105 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$50,183 → $56,592 (+12.8%)	$34,181 → $68,214 (+99.6%)
Median home value	$117,500 → $136,000 (+15.7%)	$59,800 → $79,000 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $788 (+17.3%)	$643 → $916 (+42.5%)

Abilene

Population

6,3626,449

Median household income

$50,183$56,592

Median home value

$117,500$136,000

Median gross rent

$672$788

Herington

Population

2,1472,105

Median household income

$34,181$68,214

Median home value

$59,800$79,000

Median gross rent

$643$916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abilene	Herington
Under 5	5.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.9%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.7%
25 to 34	8.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	16.8%	13.4%
45 to 54	7.6%	9.5%
55 to 64	17.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	16.2%
75 and over	11.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abilene	Herington
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	81.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	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	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.7%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abilene	Herington
No high school diploma	8.0%	10.4%
High school graduate	34.0%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abilene	Herington
Drove alone	77.4%	84.8%
Carpooled	9.7%	6.0%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	2.3%
Other means	1.1%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abilene	Herington
1-unit, detached	85.2%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.9%
20 or more units	6.1%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Abilene	Herington
Poverty rate	8.1%	6.9%
Average household size	2.08	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1954	1938