Bendena vs Wathena

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

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

Wathena has the higher population (1,463 vs 140 in Bendena). Bendena has the higher median household income ($91,488 vs $84,531 in Wathena). Bendena has the higher median home value ($182,700 vs $154,800 in Wathena).

Population, income & housing

	Bendena	Wathena
Population	140	1,463
Median age	31.6 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,488	$84,531
Median home value	$182,700	$154,800
Median gross rent	—	$794
Housing units	49	659
Homeownership rate	100.0%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bendena	Wathena
Population	134 → 140 (+4.5%)	1,547 → 1,463 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$48,854 → $91,488 (+87.3%)	$54,423 → $84,531 (+55.3%)
Median home value	$102,300 → $182,700 (+78.6%)	$107,300 → $154,800 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$710 → $794 (+11.8%)

Bendena

Population

134140

Median household income

$48,854$91,488

Median home value

$102,300$182,700

Wathena

Population

1,5471,463

Median household income

$54,423$84,531

Median home value

$107,300$154,800

Median gross rent

$710$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bendena	Wathena
Under 5	10.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	10.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	45.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	6.4%	13.1%
45 to 54	7.9%	19.1%
55 to 64	7.1%	21.6%
65 to 74	0.7%	7.7%
75 and over	7.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bendena	Wathena
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bendena	Wathena
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	45.7%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bendena	Wathena
Drove alone	100.0%	87.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bendena	Wathena
1-unit, detached	100.0%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Bendena	Wathena
Poverty rate	27.1%	7.4%
Average household size	2.86	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1938	1973