Burns vs Goessel

A side-by-side comparison of Burns and Goessel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Goessel has the higher population (541 vs 299 in Burns). Goessel has the higher median household income ($54,583 vs $44,688 in Burns). Goessel has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $65,000 in Burns).

Population, income & housing

	Burns	Goessel
Population	299	541
Median age	26.4 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,688	$54,583
Median home value	$65,000	$96,700
Median gross rent	$768	$805
Housing units	116	235
Homeownership rate	76.3%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burns	Goessel
Population	296 → 299 (+1.0%)	639 → 541 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $44,688 (-22.8%)	$57,917 → $54,583 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $65,000 (+10.5%)	$88,200 → $96,700 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $768 (-5.5%)	$530 → $805 (+51.9%)

Burns

Population

296299

Median household income

$57,917$44,688

Median home value

$58,800$65,000

Median gross rent

$813$768

Goessel

Population

639541

Median household income

$57,917$54,583

Median home value

$88,200$96,700

Median gross rent

$530$805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burns	Goessel
Under 5	4.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	25.4%	22.7%
18 to 24	18.4%	11.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	4.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	9.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	14.0%
75 and over	1.3%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burns	Goessel
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burns	Goessel
No high school diploma	25.6%	5.1%
High school graduate	29.5%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burns	Goessel
Drove alone	77.3%	88.1%
Carpooled	13.3%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burns	Goessel
1-unit, detached	85.3%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Burns	Goessel
Poverty rate	31.3%	6.6%
Average household size	3.08	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	1948	1971