Spearville vs Wilroads Gardens

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

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

Spearville has the higher population (1,054 vs 736 in Wilroads Gardens). Spearville has the higher median home value ($185,400 vs $93,000 in Wilroads Gardens). Since 2019, Wilroads Gardens's population has grown faster (+65.0% vs +13.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Spearville	Wilroads Gardens
Population	1,054	736
Median age	37.4 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,230	—
Median home value	$185,400	$93,000
Median gross rent	$775	—
Housing units	432	238
Homeownership rate	84.7%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	12.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Spearville	Wilroads Gardens
Population	925 → 1,054 (+13.9%)	446 → 736 (+65.0%)
Median household income	$68,906 → $71,230 (+3.4%)	$42,188 → $73,355 (+73.9%)
Median home value	$118,900 → $185,400 (+55.9%)	$75,400 → $93,000 (+23.3%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $775 (+4.4%)	$1,080 → $1,042 (-3.5%)

Spearville

Population

9251,054

Median household income

$68,906$71,230

Median home value

$118,900$185,400

Median gross rent

$742$775

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)

	Spearville	Wilroads Gardens
Under 5	10.1%	10.2%
5 to 17	21.2%	23.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	6.5%	2.4%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	9.3%	25.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	17.9%	5.2%
75 and over	4.8%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Spearville	Wilroads Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	45.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	54.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Spearville	Wilroads Gardens
No high school diploma	2.4%	34.7%
High school graduate	23.8%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	43.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.9%	1.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Spearville	Wilroads Gardens
Drove alone	72.2%	91.4%
Carpooled	11.0%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Spearville	Wilroads Gardens
1-unit, detached	92.6%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.8%

Poverty & households

	Spearville	Wilroads Gardens
Poverty rate	7.5%	30.8%
Average household size	2.52	3.72
Mean commute (minutes)	16	33
Median year structure built	1972	1956