Frankfort vs Waterville

A side-by-side comparison of Frankfort and Waterville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Waterville has the higher population (748 vs 731 in Frankfort). Frankfort has the higher median household income ($77,917 vs $70,625 in Waterville). Waterville has the higher median home value ($90,300 vs $70,700 in Frankfort).

Population, income & housing

	Frankfort	Waterville
Population	731	748
Median age	43.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,917	$70,625
Median home value	$70,700	$90,300
Median gross rent	$692	$917
Housing units	385	360
Homeownership rate	90.2%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Frankfort	Waterville
Population	754 → 731 (-3.1%)	635 → 748 (+17.8%)
Median household income	$55,250 → $77,917 (+41.0%)	$53,977 → $70,625 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$70,900 → $70,700 (-0.3%)	$84,500 → $90,300 (+6.9%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $692 (+10.7%)	$550 → $917 (+66.7%)

Frankfort

Population

754731

Median household income

$55,250$77,917

Median home value

$70,900$70,700

Median gross rent

$625$692

Waterville

Population

635748

Median household income

$53,977$70,625

Median home value

$84,500$90,300

Median gross rent

$550$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Frankfort	Waterville
Under 5	5.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	13.5%
18 to 24	10.4%	12.6%
25 to 34	10.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	7.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	9.6%
65 to 74	15.0%	20.7%
75 and over	7.9%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Frankfort	Waterville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	87.8%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Frankfort	Waterville
No high school diploma	6.0%	16.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Frankfort	Waterville
Drove alone	80.1%	83.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.5%
Other means	0.5%	6.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Frankfort	Waterville
1-unit, detached	82.6%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Frankfort	Waterville
Poverty rate	5.1%	3.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1955	1948