Dodge City vs Wilroads Gardens

A side-by-side comparison of Dodge City and Wilroads Gardens: population, income, housing, and more.

Dodge City and Wilroads Gardens are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dodge City has the higher population (27,652 vs 736 in Wilroads Gardens). Dodge City has the higher median home value ($122,800 vs $93,000 in Wilroads Gardens). Since 2019, Wilroads Gardens's population has grown faster (+65.0% vs +0.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Dodge City	Wilroads Gardens
Population	27,652	736
Median age	29.5 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,958	—
Median home value	$122,800	$93,000
Median gross rent	$982	—
Housing units	9,787	238
Homeownership rate	59.8%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dodge City	Wilroads Gardens
Population	27,555 → 27,652 (+0.4%)	446 → 736 (+65.0%)
Median household income	$50,338 → $67,958 (+35.0%)	$42,188 → $73,355 (+73.9%)
Median home value	$109,100 → $122,800 (+12.6%)	$75,400 → $93,000 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $982 (+25.1%)	$1,080 → $1,042 (-3.5%)

Dodge City

Population

27,55527,652

Median household income

$50,338$67,958

Median home value

$109,100$122,800

Median gross rent

$785$982

Wilroads Gardens

Population

446736

Median household income

$42,188$73,355

Median home value

$75,400$93,000

Median gross rent

$1,080$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dodge City	Wilroads Gardens
Under 5	9.3%	10.2%
5 to 17	22.5%	23.6%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	2.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	25.0%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.7%
65 to 74	5.2%	5.2%
75 and over	3.9%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dodge City	Wilroads Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	27.7%	45.8%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	66.4%	54.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dodge City	Wilroads Gardens
No high school diploma	25.0%	34.7%
High school graduate	28.8%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dodge City	Wilroads Gardens
Drove alone	81.8%	91.4%
Carpooled	15.4%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dodge City	Wilroads Gardens
1-unit, detached	67.1%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Dodge City	Wilroads Gardens
Poverty rate	15.9%	30.8%
Average household size	2.94	3.72
Mean commute (minutes)	12	33
Median year structure built	1972	1956