Florence vs Goessel

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

Florence 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 537 in Florence). Goessel has the higher median household income ($54,583 vs $40,125 in Florence). Goessel has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $30,000 in Florence).

Population, income & housing

	Florence	Goessel
Population	537	541
Median age	56.9 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,125	$54,583
Median home value	$30,000	$96,700
Median gross rent	$827	$805
Housing units	341	235
Homeownership rate	63.5%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	32.6%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Florence	Goessel
Population	451 → 537 (+19.1%)	639 → 541 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$35,750 → $40,125 (+12.2%)	$57,917 → $54,583 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$30,000 → $30,000 (+0.0%)	$88,200 → $96,700 (+9.6%)
Median gross rent	$502 → $827 (+64.7%)	$530 → $805 (+51.9%)

Florence

Population

451537

Median household income

$35,750$40,125

Median home value

$30,000$30,000

Median gross rent

$502$827

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)

	Florence	Goessel
Under 5	5.8%	1.5%
5 to 17	9.3%	22.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	11.1%
25 to 34	4.1%	4.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	7.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	19.2%	9.1%
65 to 74	22.2%	14.0%
75 and over	12.7%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Florence	Goessel
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	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	6.9%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Florence	Goessel
No high school diploma	11.2%	5.1%
High school graduate	35.5%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	26.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Florence	Goessel
Drove alone	89.7%	88.1%
Carpooled	2.6%	6.2%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.5%
Other means	1.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Florence	Goessel
1-unit, detached	72.4%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	19.4%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Florence	Goessel
Poverty rate	17.9%	6.6%
Average household size	1.98	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	44	21
Median year structure built	1959	1971