Wathena vs White Cloud

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

Wathena and White Cloud 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 136 in White Cloud). Wathena has the higher median household income ($84,531 vs $35,417 in White Cloud). Wathena has the higher median home value ($154,800 vs $56,300 in White Cloud).

Population, income & housing

	Wathena	White Cloud
Population	1,463	136
Median age	48.7 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,531	$35,417
Median home value	$154,800	$56,300
Median gross rent	$794	$525
Housing units	659	109
Homeownership rate	85.3%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	17.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wathena	White Cloud
Population	1,547 → 1,463 (-5.4%)	116 → 136 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$54,423 → $84,531 (+55.3%)	$25,625 → $35,417 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$107,300 → $154,800 (+44.3%)	$57,000 → $56,300 (-1.2%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $794 (+11.8%)	$398 → $525 (+31.9%)

Wathena

Population

1,5471,463

Median household income

$54,423$84,531

Median home value

$107,300$154,800

Median gross rent

$710$794

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)

	Wathena	White Cloud
Under 5	3.1%	15.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.2%
18 to 24	3.8%	11.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	6.6%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	19.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	21.6%	10.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.8%
75 and over	5.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wathena	White Cloud
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	76.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	13.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wathena	White Cloud
No high school diploma	2.1%	17.1%
High school graduate	37.4%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wathena	White Cloud
Drove alone	87.4%	94.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wathena	White Cloud
1-unit, detached	88.8%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	45.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Wathena	White Cloud
Poverty rate	7.4%	18.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1973	1981