Goessel vs Peabody

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

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

Peabody has the higher population (1,152 vs 541 in Goessel). Goessel has the higher median household income ($54,583 vs $52,539 in Peabody). Goessel has the higher median home value ($96,700 vs $73,800 in Peabody).

Population, income & housing

	Goessel	Peabody
Population	541	1,152
Median age	44.5 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,583	$52,539
Median home value	$96,700	$73,800
Median gross rent	$805	$672
Housing units	235	514
Homeownership rate	70.5%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.6%	14.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Goessel	Peabody
Population	639 → 541 (-15.3%)	1,083 → 1,152 (+6.4%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $54,583 (-5.8%)	$45,135 → $52,539 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$88,200 → $96,700 (+9.6%)	$64,600 → $73,800 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $805 (+51.9%)	$522 → $672 (+28.7%)

Goessel

Population

639541

Median household income

$57,917$54,583

Median home value

$88,200$96,700

Median gross rent

$530$805

Peabody

Population

1,0831,152

Median household income

$45,135$52,539

Median home value

$64,600$73,800

Median gross rent

$522$672

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Goessel	Peabody
Under 5	1.5%	8.2%
5 to 17	22.7%	12.4%
18 to 24	11.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	4.1%	15.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	7.1%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	9.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	14.0%	10.6%
75 and over	13.7%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Goessel	Peabody
White (non-Hispanic)	93.9%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
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	4.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Goessel	Peabody
No high school diploma	5.1%	17.1%
High school graduate	30.6%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.0%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Goessel	Peabody
Drove alone	88.1%	79.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	7.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Goessel	Peabody
1-unit, detached	73.2%	86.4%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Goessel	Peabody
Poverty rate	6.6%	17.4%
Average household size	2.43	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1971	1944