Beloit vs Glen Elder

A side-by-side comparison of Beloit and Glen Elder: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Beloit has the higher population (3,141 vs 520 in Glen Elder). Glen Elder has the higher median household income ($73,542 vs $50,865 in Beloit). Since 2019, Glen Elder's population has grown faster (+18.7% vs -17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Beloit	Glen Elder
Population	3,141	520
Median age	39.2 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,865	$73,542
Median home value	$99,100	—
Median gross rent	$739	$483
Housing units	1,663	338
Homeownership rate	62.0%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beloit	Glen Elder
Population	3,793 → 3,141 (-17.2%)	438 → 520 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$46,149 → $50,865 (+10.2%)	$46,771 → $73,542 (+57.2%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $99,100 (+6.3%)	$70,300 → $137,500 (+95.6%)
Median gross rent	$576 → $739 (+28.3%)	$431 → $483 (+12.1%)

Beloit

Population

3,7933,141

Median household income

$46,149$50,865

Median home value

$93,200$99,100

Median gross rent

$576$739

Glen Elder

Population

438520

Median household income

$46,771$73,542

Median home value

$70,300$137,500

Median gross rent

$431$483

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beloit	Glen Elder
Under 5	5.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	10.4%
18 to 24	11.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	7.1%	11.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	21.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	4.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	18.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	9.2%
75 and over	11.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beloit	Glen Elder
White (non-Hispanic)	91.5%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beloit	Glen Elder
No high school diploma	7.8%	2.3%
High school graduate	28.9%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beloit	Glen Elder
Drove alone	77.6%	69.9%
Carpooled	7.7%	2.7%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	23.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beloit	Glen Elder
1-unit, detached	75.5%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.8%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	6.2%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Beloit	Glen Elder
Poverty rate	16.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.11	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	11	11
Median year structure built	1959	1963