Elyria vs Windom

A side-by-side comparison of Elyria and Windom: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elyria has the higher population (291 vs 52 in Windom). Elyria has the higher median household income ($153,264 vs $42,083 in Windom). Since 2019, Elyria's population has grown faster (+5.4% vs -41.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Elyria	Windom
Population	291	52
Median age	61.1 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$153,264	$42,083
Median home value	$430,600	—
Housing units	168	42
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.2%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elyria	Windom
Population	276 → 291 (+5.4%)	89 → 52 (-41.6%)
Median household income	$131,173 → $153,264 (+16.8%)	$36,250 → $42,083 (+16.1%)
Median home value	$338,100 → $430,600 (+27.4%)	$35,800 → $26,300 (-26.5%)

Elyria

Population

276291

Median household income

$131,173$153,264

Median home value

$338,100$430,600

Windom

Population

8952

Median household income

$36,250$42,083

Median home value

$35,800$26,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elyria	Windom
Under 5	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	3.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	21.2%
55 to 64	100.0%	23.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	5.8%
75 and over	0.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elyria	Windom
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elyria	Windom
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	4.8%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	10.0%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	79.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elyria	Windom
Drove alone	100.0%	66.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	23.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elyria	Windom
1-unit, detached	89.3%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	10.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Elyria	Windom
Poverty rate	11.7%	17.3%
Average household size	1.73	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1993	1938