Fontana vs Paola

A side-by-side comparison of Fontana and Paola: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paola has the higher population (5,757 vs 447 in Fontana). Paola has the higher median household income ($73,281 vs $50,625 in Fontana). Paola has the higher median home value ($195,000 vs $116,600 in Fontana).

Population, income & housing

	Fontana	Paola
Population	447	5,757
Median age	16.9 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,625	$73,281
Median home value	$116,600	$195,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,069
Housing units	112	2,667
Homeownership rate	85.0%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.7%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	18.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fontana	Paola
Population	320 → 447 (+39.7%)	5,611 → 5,757 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$64,417 → $50,625 (-21.4%)	$51,324 → $73,281 (+42.8%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $116,600 (+28.4%)	$134,800 → $195,000 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$728 → $1,069 (+46.8%)

Fontana

Population

320447

Median household income

$64,417$50,625

Median home value

$90,800$116,600

Paola

Population

5,6115,757

Median household income

$51,324$73,281

Median home value

$134,800$195,000

Median gross rent

$728$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fontana	Paola
Under 5	7.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	45.4%	15.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	8.1%	11.6%
35 to 44	22.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	2.9%	8.2%
55 to 64	2.9%	17.6%
65 to 74	4.0%	11.2%
75 and over	2.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fontana	Paola
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	19.2%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fontana	Paola
No high school diploma	28.8%	11.3%
High school graduate	29.8%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	26.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.2%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fontana	Paola
Drove alone	64.7%	76.1%
Carpooled	1.7%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.9%	7.1%
Other means	7.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fontana	Paola
1-unit, detached	76.8%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Fontana	Paola
Poverty rate	41.7%	5.7%
Average household size	4.18	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1990	1970