Allen vs Emporia

A side-by-side comparison of Allen and Emporia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Emporia has the higher population (24,098 vs 276 in Allen). Allen has the higher median household income ($56,157 vs $52,787 in Emporia). Emporia has the higher median home value ($127,500 vs $54,100 in Allen).

Population, income & housing

	Allen	Emporia
Population	276	24,098
Median age	35.8 yrs	30.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,157	$52,787
Median home value	$54,100	$127,500
Median gross rent	$483	$793
Housing units	140	11,441
Homeownership rate	57.6%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen	Emporia
Population	168 → 276 (+64.3%)	24,607 → 24,098 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$39,000 → $56,157 (+44.0%)	$40,525 → $52,787 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$60,800 → $54,100 (-11.0%)	$88,900 → $127,500 (+43.4%)
Median gross rent	$492 → $483 (-1.8%)	$668 → $793 (+18.7%)

Allen

Population

168276

Median household income

$39,000$56,157

Median home value

$60,800$54,100

Median gross rent

$492$483

Emporia

Population

24,60724,098

Median household income

$40,525$52,787

Median home value

$88,900$127,500

Median gross rent

$668$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen	Emporia
Under 5	0.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	21.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	20.3%	20.8%
25 to 34	6.2%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.3%	11.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.4%
55 to 64	5.1%	9.6%
65 to 74	18.8%	8.1%
75 and over	5.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen	Emporia
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	61.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	29.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen	Emporia
No high school diploma	8.8%	12.9%
High school graduate	27.7%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	50.3%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen	Emporia
Drove alone	90.0%	73.9%
Carpooled	5.0%	13.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.9%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.1%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen	Emporia
1-unit, detached	62.1%	55.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	11.1%
5 to 19 units	25.7%	16.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Allen	Emporia
Poverty rate	10.1%	18.4%
Average household size	2.09	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	29	12
Median year structure built	1950	1968