Esbon vs Jewell

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

Esbon 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 59 in Esbon). Esbon has the higher median household income ($54,167 vs $39,878 in Jewell). Since 2019, Jewell's population has grown faster (+3.0% vs -40.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Esbon	Jewell
Population	59	409
Median age	60.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,167	$39,878
Median home value	—	$58,000
Median gross rent	—	$559
Housing units	67	228
Homeownership rate	76.5%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Esbon	Jewell
Population	99 → 59 (-40.4%)	397 → 409 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$28,125 → $54,167 (+92.6%)	$38,631 → $39,878 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$37,500 → $50,000 (+33.3%)	$46,000 → $58,000 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$775 → $375 (-51.6%)	$454 → $559 (+23.1%)

Esbon

Population

9959

Median household income

$28,125$54,167

Median home value

$37,500$50,000

Median gross rent

$775$375

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)

	Esbon	Jewell
Under 5	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	8.5%	20.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	18.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	8.8%
55 to 64	20.3%	9.0%
65 to 74	37.3%	15.6%
75 and over	8.5%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Esbon	Jewell
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Esbon	Jewell
No high school diploma	16.7%	3.1%
High school graduate	42.6%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	42.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Esbon	Jewell
Drove alone	83.3%	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	16.7%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Esbon	Jewell
1-unit, detached	91.0%	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	9.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Esbon	Jewell
Poverty rate	8.5%	16.4%
Average household size	1.74	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1951	1938