Burr Oak vs Jewell

A side-by-side comparison of Burr Oak and Jewell: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jewell has the higher population (409 vs 114 in Burr Oak). Jewell has the higher median household income ($39,878 vs $31,667 in Burr Oak). Jewell has the higher median home value ($58,000 vs $25,800 in Burr Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Burr Oak	Jewell
Population	114	409
Median age	58.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$31,667	$39,878
Median home value	$25,800	$58,000
Median gross rent	—	$559
Housing units	118	228
Homeownership rate	100.0%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burr Oak	Jewell
Population	164 → 114 (-30.5%)	397 → 409 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$30,781 → $31,667 (+2.9%)	$38,631 → $39,878 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$31,800 → $25,800 (-18.9%)	$46,000 → $58,000 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$454 → $559 (+23.1%)

Burr Oak

Population

164114

Median household income

$30,781$31,667

Median home value

$31,800$25,800

Jewell

Population

397409

Median household income

$38,631$39,878

Median home value

$46,000$58,000

Median gross rent

$454$559

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burr Oak	Jewell
Under 5	4.4%	4.6%
5 to 17	10.5%	20.3%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	1.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	7.0%	18.8%
45 to 54	14.9%	8.8%
55 to 64	15.8%	9.0%
65 to 74	29.8%	15.6%
75 and over	9.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burr Oak	Jewell
White (non-Hispanic)	79.8%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burr Oak	Jewell
No high school diploma	13.3%	3.1%
High school graduate	44.4%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burr Oak	Jewell
Drove alone	90.9%	81.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burr Oak	Jewell
1-unit, detached	89.0%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Burr Oak	Jewell
Poverty rate	13.2%	16.4%
Average household size	1.97	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1938	1938