Oakley vs Russell Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Oakley and Russell Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oakley has the higher population (2,049 vs 27 in Russell Springs). Oakley has the higher median household income ($69,778 vs $64,167 in Russell Springs). Oakley has the higher median home value ($118,700 vs $80,000 in Russell Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Oakley	Russell Springs
Population	2,049	27
Median age	42.7 yrs	60.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,778	$64,167
Median home value	$118,700	$80,000
Median gross rent	$781	—
Housing units	974	14
Homeownership rate	60.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakley	Russell Springs
Population	2,090 → 2,049 (-2.0%)	21 → 27 (+28.6%)
Median household income	$50,495 → $69,778 (+38.2%)	$47,083 → $64,167 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$101,000 → $118,700 (+17.5%)	$63,300 → $80,000 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $781 (+13.7%)	—

Oakley

Population

2,0902,049

Median household income

$50,495$69,778

Median home value

$101,000$118,700

Median gross rent

$687$781

Russell Springs

Population

2127

Median household income

$47,083$64,167

Median home value

$63,300$80,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oakley	Russell Springs
Under 5	6.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	17.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	6.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	14.8%
55 to 64	15.5%	22.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	18.5%
75 and over	9.2%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakley	Russell Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	18.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakley	Russell Springs
No high school diploma	8.1%	9.5%
High school graduate	29.3%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	37.0%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	4.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	19.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakley	Russell Springs
Drove alone	79.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakley	Russell Springs
1-unit, detached	84.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oakley	Russell Springs
Poverty rate	13.9%	11.1%
Average household size	2.17	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1963	1938