Ellsworth vs Wilson

A side-by-side comparison of Ellsworth and Wilson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ellsworth has the higher population (3,098 vs 824 in Wilson). Ellsworth has the higher median household income ($65,357 vs $58,214 in Wilson). Ellsworth has the higher median home value ($143,600 vs $75,700 in Wilson).

Population, income & housing

	Ellsworth	Wilson
Population	3,098	824
Median age	40.5 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,357	$58,214
Median home value	$143,600	$75,700
Median gross rent	$693	$744
Housing units	1,091	402
Homeownership rate	75.6%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellsworth	Wilson
Population	3,013 → 3,098 (+2.8%)	708 → 824 (+16.4%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $65,357 (+30.7%)	$45,313 → $58,214 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$111,300 → $143,600 (+29.0%)	$73,100 → $75,700 (+3.6%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $693 (+8.1%)	$675 → $744 (+10.2%)

Ellsworth

Population

3,0133,098

Median household income

$50,000$65,357

Median home value

$111,300$143,600

Median gross rent

$641$693

Wilson

Population

708824

Median household income

$45,313$58,214

Median home value

$73,100$75,700

Median gross rent

$675$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellsworth	Wilson
Under 5	4.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.8%
25 to 34	18.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	17.1%	7.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	13.1%	7.3%
65 to 74	7.5%	20.1%
75 and over	10.7%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellsworth	Wilson
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	79.5%
Black or African American	5.8%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	16.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellsworth	Wilson
No high school diploma	8.5%	9.7%
High school graduate	34.9%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellsworth	Wilson
Drove alone	84.1%	79.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellsworth	Wilson
1-unit, detached	83.0%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	5.5%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Ellsworth	Wilson
Poverty rate	6.5%	15.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	14	19
Median year structure built	1962	1940