Bendena vs Severance

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

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

Bendena has the higher population (140 vs 46 in Severance). Since 2019, Bendena's population has grown faster (+4.5% vs -60.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Bendena	Severance
Population	140	46
Median age	31.6 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$91,488	—
Median home value	$182,700	—
Housing units	49	32
Homeownership rate	100.0%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	17.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bendena	Severance
Population	134 → 140 (+4.5%)	116 → 46 (-60.3%)
Median household income	$48,854 → $91,488 (+87.3%)	$26,250 → $38,125 (+45.2%)
Median home value	$102,300 → $182,700 (+78.6%)	$21,900 → $35,000 (+59.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$656 → $575 (-12.3%)

Bendena

Population

134140

Median household income

$48,854$91,488

Median home value

$102,300$182,700

Severance

Population

11646

Median household income

$26,250$38,125

Median home value

$21,900$35,000

Median gross rent

$656$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bendena	Severance
Under 5	10.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	13.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	45.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	6.4%	10.9%
45 to 54	7.9%	28.3%
55 to 64	7.1%	26.1%
65 to 74	0.7%	4.3%
75 and over	7.9%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bendena	Severance
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bendena	Severance
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	45.7%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bendena	Severance
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bendena	Severance
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Bendena	Severance
Poverty rate	27.1%	37.0%
Average household size	2.86	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	24	19
Median year structure built	1938	1975