Linwood vs Tonganoxie

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

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

Tonganoxie has the higher population (5,693 vs 317 in Linwood). Tonganoxie has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $63,902 in Linwood). Tonganoxie has the higher median home value ($227,700 vs $210,000 in Linwood).

Population, income & housing

	Linwood	Tonganoxie
Population	317	5,693
Median age	29.0 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,902	$77,500
Median home value	$210,000	$227,700
Median gross rent	$933	$1,158
Housing units	167	2,232
Homeownership rate	88.7%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linwood	Tonganoxie
Population	484 → 317 (-34.5%)	5,359 → 5,693 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$48,182 → $63,902 (+32.6%)	$72,469 → $77,500 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$91,300 → $210,000 (+130.0%)	$165,300 → $227,700 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$745 → $933 (+25.2%)	$936 → $1,158 (+23.7%)

Linwood

Population

484317

Median household income

$48,182$63,902

Median home value

$91,300$210,000

Median gross rent

$745$933

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)

	Linwood	Tonganoxie
Under 5	11.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.0%	20.0%
18 to 24	14.5%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.7%
35 to 44	16.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	6.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	10.4%	10.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.8%
75 and over	3.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linwood	Tonganoxie
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linwood	Tonganoxie
No high school diploma	11.5%	2.6%
High school graduate	39.6%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linwood	Tonganoxie
Drove alone	88.2%	78.1%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linwood	Tonganoxie
1-unit, detached	79.6%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	16.3%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Linwood	Tonganoxie
Poverty rate	6.3%	11.4%
Average household size	2.38	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1973	1992