Ensign vs Montezuma

A side-by-side comparison of Ensign and Montezuma: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montezuma has the higher population (878 vs 113 in Ensign). Ensign has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $56,607 in Montezuma). Montezuma has the higher median home value ($119,000 vs $102,300 in Ensign).

Population, income & housing

	Ensign	Montezuma
Population	113	878
Median age	54.8 yrs	50.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$56,607
Median home value	$102,300	$119,000
Median gross rent	—	$839
Housing units	61	363
Homeownership rate	90.4%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ensign	Montezuma
Population	140 → 113 (-19.3%)	885 → 878 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$44,861 → $70,000 (+56.0%)	$52,574 → $56,607 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$50,700 → $102,300 (+101.8%)	$105,700 → $119,000 (+12.6%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $935 (+16.9%)	$672 → $839 (+24.9%)

Ensign

Population

140113

Median household income

$44,861$70,000

Median home value

$50,700$102,300

Median gross rent

$800$935

Montezuma

Population

885878

Median household income

$52,574$56,607

Median home value

$105,700$119,000

Median gross rent

$672$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ensign	Montezuma
Under 5	1.8%	2.3%
5 to 17	13.3%	18.8%
18 to 24	14.2%	7.5%
25 to 34	6.2%	5.8%
35 to 44	2.7%	8.2%
45 to 54	12.4%	14.7%
55 to 64	22.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	15.0%	9.1%
75 and over	12.4%	20.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ensign	Montezuma
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	80.3%
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%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.5%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ensign	Montezuma
No high school diploma	13.8%	46.1%
High school graduate	25.0%	17.9%
Some college or associate's	46.3%	15.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ensign	Montezuma
Drove alone	48.4%	80.4%
Carpooled	37.1%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.7%	4.5%
Other means	4.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ensign	Montezuma
1-unit, detached	90.2%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Ensign	Montezuma
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.2%
Average household size	2.17	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	28	12
Median year structure built	1963	1979