Elwood vs White Cloud

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

Elwood and White Cloud 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 136 in White Cloud). Elwood has the higher median household income ($66,364 vs $35,417 in White Cloud). Elwood has the higher median home value ($90,000 vs $56,300 in White Cloud).

Population, income & housing

	Elwood	White Cloud
Population	1,169	136
Median age	30.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,364	$35,417
Median home value	$90,000	$56,300
Median gross rent	$883	$525
Housing units	451	109
Homeownership rate	66.1%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	17.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elwood	White Cloud
Population	842 → 1,169 (+38.8%)	116 → 136 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$29,962 → $66,364 (+121.5%)	$25,625 → $35,417 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$69,000 → $90,000 (+30.4%)	$57,000 → $56,300 (-1.2%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $883 (+39.5%)	$398 → $525 (+31.9%)

Elwood

Population

8421,169

Median household income

$29,962$66,364

Median home value

$69,000$90,000

Median gross rent

$633$883

White Cloud

Population

116136

Median household income

$25,625$35,417

Median home value

$57,000$56,300

Median gross rent

$398$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elwood	White Cloud
Under 5	9.4%	15.4%
5 to 17	17.3%	13.2%
18 to 24	13.0%	11.0%
25 to 34	16.3%	6.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	2.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	17.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	11.8%
75 and over	3.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elwood	White Cloud
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	76.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	13.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.5%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.1%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elwood	White Cloud
No high school diploma	11.9%	17.1%
High school graduate	54.5%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	2.1%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elwood	White Cloud
Drove alone	77.7%	94.2%
Carpooled	13.7%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elwood	White Cloud
1-unit, detached	49.9%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	45.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.9%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Elwood	White Cloud
Poverty rate	12.5%	18.4%
Average household size	3.09	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	14	16
Median year structure built	1989	1981