Emporia vs Olpe

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

Emporia and Olpe 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 603 in Olpe). Olpe has the higher median household income ($87,917 vs $52,787 in Emporia). Olpe has the higher median home value ($158,300 vs $127,500 in Emporia).

Population, income & housing

	Emporia	Olpe
Population	24,098	603
Median age	30.2 yrs	32.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,787	$87,917
Median home value	$127,500	$158,300
Median gross rent	$793	$815
Housing units	11,441	221
Homeownership rate	50.0%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emporia	Olpe
Population	24,607 → 24,098 (-2.1%)	577 → 603 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$40,525 → $52,787 (+30.3%)	$68,750 → $87,917 (+27.9%)
Median home value	$88,900 → $127,500 (+43.4%)	$133,300 → $158,300 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $793 (+18.7%)	$904 → $815 (-9.8%)

Emporia

Population

24,60724,098

Median household income

$40,525$52,787

Median home value

$88,900$127,500

Median gross rent

$668$793

Olpe

Population

577603

Median household income

$68,750$87,917

Median home value

$133,300$158,300

Median gross rent

$904$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emporia	Olpe
Under 5	6.1%	9.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	27.4%
18 to 24	20.8%	8.3%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	18.2%
45 to 54	9.4%	8.0%
55 to 64	9.6%	6.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	6.8%
75 and over	5.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emporia	Olpe
White (non-Hispanic)	61.5%	89.6%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	29.7%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emporia	Olpe
No high school diploma	12.9%	5.4%
High school graduate	35.1%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	20.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emporia	Olpe
Drove alone	73.9%	77.0%
Carpooled	13.1%	3.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	10.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emporia	Olpe
1-unit, detached	55.6%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	1.4%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Emporia	Olpe
Poverty rate	18.4%	1.3%
Average household size	2.26	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	12	18
Median year structure built	1968	1977