Elwood vs Highland

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

Elwood and Highland 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 1,047 in Highland). Highland has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $66,364 in Elwood). Highland has the higher median home value ($121,800 vs $90,000 in Elwood).

Population, income & housing

	Elwood	Highland
Population	1,169	1,047
Median age	30.1 yrs	20.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,364	$77,500
Median home value	$90,000	$121,800
Median gross rent	$883	$578
Housing units	451	310
Homeownership rate	66.1%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elwood	Highland
Population	842 → 1,169 (+38.8%)	1,152 → 1,047 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$29,962 → $66,364 (+121.5%)	$53,750 → $77,500 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $90,000 (+30.4%)	$77,100 → $121,800 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $883 (+39.5%)	$537 → $578 (+7.6%)

Elwood

Population

8421,169

Median household income

$29,962$66,364

Median home value

$69,000$90,000

Median gross rent

$633$883

Highland

Population

1,1521,047

Median household income

$53,750$77,500

Median home value

$77,100$121,800

Median gross rent

$537$578

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elwood	Highland
Under 5	9.4%	3.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	2.0%
18 to 24	13.0%	58.8%
25 to 34	16.3%	3.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	3.1%
45 to 54	2.1%	3.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	4.1%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.5%
75 and over	3.3%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elwood	Highland
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	69.7%
Black or African American	1.4%	19.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elwood	Highland
No high school diploma	11.9%	7.9%
High school graduate	54.5%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elwood	Highland
Drove alone	77.7%	72.5%
Carpooled	13.7%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	16.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elwood	Highland
1-unit, detached	49.9%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.9%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Elwood	Highland
Poverty rate	12.5%	8.6%
Average household size	3.09	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	14	12
Median year structure built	1989	1956