Basehor vs Tonganoxie

A side-by-side comparison of Basehor and Tonganoxie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Basehor has the higher population (7,229 vs 5,693 in Tonganoxie). Basehor has the higher median household income ($106,325 vs $77,500 in Tonganoxie). Basehor has the higher median home value ($314,100 vs $227,700 in Tonganoxie).

Population, income & housing

	Basehor	Tonganoxie
Population	7,229	5,693
Median age	38.6 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$106,325	$77,500
Median home value	$314,100	$227,700
Median gross rent	$1,183	$1,158
Housing units	2,621	2,232
Homeownership rate	73.6%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basehor	Tonganoxie
Population	5,951 → 7,229 (+21.5%)	5,359 → 5,693 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$79,104 → $106,325 (+34.4%)	$72,469 → $77,500 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$240,600 → $314,100 (+30.5%)	$165,300 → $227,700 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,043 → $1,183 (+13.4%)	$936 → $1,158 (+23.7%)

Basehor

Population

5,9517,229

Median household income

$79,104$106,325

Median home value

$240,600$314,100

Median gross rent

$1,043$1,183

Tonganoxie

Population

5,3595,693

Median household income

$72,469$77,500

Median home value

$165,300$227,700

Median gross rent

$936$1,158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basehor	Tonganoxie
Under 5	6.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	21.9%	20.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	16.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.1%	11.8%
75 and over	8.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basehor	Tonganoxie
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	82.2%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basehor	Tonganoxie
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.6%
High school graduate	29.7%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basehor	Tonganoxie
Drove alone	84.3%	78.1%
Carpooled	2.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basehor	Tonganoxie
1-unit, detached	72.9%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	16.3%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Basehor	Tonganoxie
Poverty rate	5.9%	11.4%
Average household size	2.75	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	2004	1992