Penalosa vs Zenda

A side-by-side comparison of Penalosa and Zenda: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Zenda has the higher population (67 vs 3 in Penalosa). Since 2019, Penalosa's population has grown faster (+50.0% vs -4.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Penalosa	Zenda
Population	3	67
Median age	68.5 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$41,875
Median home value	—	$37,500
Housing units	2	50
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	—	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penalosa	Zenda
Population	2 → 3 (+50.0%)	70 → 67 (-4.3%)
Median household income	—	$36,250 → $41,875 (+15.5%)
Median home value	—	$50,000 → $37,500 (-25.0%)

Penalosa

Population

Zenda

Population

7067

Median household income

$36,250$41,875

Median home value

$50,000$37,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Penalosa	Zenda
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	20.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	9.0%
55 to 64	33.3%	13.4%
65 to 74	33.3%	28.4%
75 and over	33.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penalosa	Zenda
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penalosa	Zenda
No high school diploma	33.3%	9.4%
High school graduate	0.0%	58.5%
Some college or associate's	66.7%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penalosa	Zenda
Drove alone	—	97.0%
Carpooled	—	3.0%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	0.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	0.0%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penalosa	Zenda
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Penalosa	Zenda
Poverty rate	33.3%	6.0%
Average household size	1.50	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	—	37
Median year structure built	—	1944