Edna vs Parsons

A side-by-side comparison of Edna and Parsons: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Parsons has the higher population (9,482 vs 357 in Edna). Edna has the higher median household income ($57,222 vs $50,838 in Parsons). Edna has the higher median home value ($84,400 vs $70,300 in Parsons).

Population, income & housing

	Edna	Parsons
Population	357	9,482
Median age	30.0 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,222	$50,838
Median home value	$84,400	$70,300
Median gross rent	$844	$743
Housing units	225	4,772
Homeownership rate	69.1%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.5%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edna	Parsons
Population	417 → 357 (-14.4%)	9,736 → 9,482 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$58,000 → $57,222 (-1.3%)	$39,949 → $50,838 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$67,200 → $84,400 (+25.6%)	$65,000 → $70,300 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$619 → $844 (+36.3%)	$653 → $743 (+13.8%)

Edna

Population

417357

Median household income

$58,000$57,222

Median home value

$67,200$84,400

Median gross rent

$619$844

Parsons

Population

9,7369,482

Median household income

$39,949$50,838

Median home value

$65,000$70,300

Median gross rent

$653$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edna	Parsons
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	11.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	16.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	7.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.6%
75 and over	5.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edna	Parsons
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	79.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	9.5%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edna	Parsons
No high school diploma	6.8%	11.5%
High school graduate	40.1%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edna	Parsons
Drove alone	90.3%	74.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	18.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	1.7%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edna	Parsons
1-unit, detached	78.7%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.4%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Edna	Parsons
Poverty rate	13.4%	20.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	11
Median year structure built	1958	1952