Bendena vs Elwood

A side-by-side comparison of Bendena and Elwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elwood has the higher population (1,169 vs 140 in Bendena). Bendena has the higher median household income ($91,488 vs $66,364 in Elwood). Bendena has the higher median home value ($182,700 vs $90,000 in Elwood).

Population, income & housing

	Bendena	Elwood
Population	140	1,169
Median age	31.6 yrs	30.1 yrs
Median household income	$91,488	$66,364
Median home value	$182,700	$90,000
Median gross rent	—	$883
Housing units	49	451
Homeownership rate	100.0%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bendena	Elwood
Population	134 → 140 (+4.5%)	842 → 1,169 (+38.8%)
Median household income	$48,854 → $91,488 (+87.3%)	$29,962 → $66,364 (+121.5%)
Median home value	$102,300 → $182,700 (+78.6%)	$69,000 → $90,000 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$633 → $883 (+39.5%)

Bendena

Population

134140

Median household income

$48,854$91,488

Median home value

$102,300$182,700

Elwood

Population

8421,169

Median household income

$29,962$66,364

Median home value

$69,000$90,000

Median gross rent

$633$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bendena	Elwood
Under 5	10.0%	9.4%
5 to 17	10.0%	17.3%
18 to 24	5.0%	13.0%
25 to 34	45.0%	16.3%
35 to 44	6.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	7.9%	2.1%
55 to 64	7.1%	17.7%
65 to 74	0.7%	8.0%
75 and over	7.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bendena	Elwood
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bendena	Elwood
No high school diploma	0.0%	11.9%
High school graduate	45.7%	54.5%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bendena	Elwood
Drove alone	100.0%	77.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bendena	Elwood
1-unit, detached	100.0%	49.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	37.9%

Poverty & households

	Bendena	Elwood
Poverty rate	27.1%	12.5%
Average household size	2.86	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1938	1989