Ford vs Wilroads Gardens

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

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

Wilroads Gardens has the higher population (736 vs 195 in Ford). Ford has the higher median home value ($134,700 vs $93,000 in Wilroads Gardens). Since 2019, Wilroads Gardens's population has grown faster (+65.0% vs -11.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Ford	Wilroads Gardens
Population	195	736
Median age	32.2 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$75,313	—
Median home value	$134,700	$93,000
Median gross rent	$763	—
Housing units	123	238
Homeownership rate	54.6%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ford	Wilroads Gardens
Population	221 → 195 (-11.8%)	446 → 736 (+65.0%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $75,313 (+82.6%)	$42,188 → $73,355 (+73.9%)
Median home value	$44,000 → $134,700 (+206.1%)	$75,400 → $93,000 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $763 (-0.5%)	$1,080 → $1,042 (-3.5%)

Ford

Population

221195

Median household income

$41,250$75,313

Median home value

$44,000$134,700

Median gross rent

$767$763

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)

	Ford	Wilroads Gardens
Under 5	2.6%	10.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	23.6%
18 to 24	10.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	21.5%	2.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.9%
45 to 54	3.1%	25.0%
55 to 64	7.2%	10.7%
65 to 74	16.9%	5.2%
75 and over	7.7%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ford	Wilroads Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	45.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	54.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ford	Wilroads Gardens
No high school diploma	10.4%	34.7%
High school graduate	42.2%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ford	Wilroads Gardens
Drove alone	94.9%	91.4%
Carpooled	5.1%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ford	Wilroads Gardens
1-unit, detached	74.0%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Ford	Wilroads Gardens
Poverty rate	8.7%	30.8%
Average household size	2.01	3.72
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1951	1956