Cawker City vs Glen Elder

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

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

Glen Elder has the higher population (520 vs 413 in Cawker City). Glen Elder has the higher median household income ($73,542 vs $50,313 in Cawker City). Since 2019, Glen Elder's population has grown faster (+18.7% vs -28.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Cawker City	Glen Elder
Population	413	520
Median age	48.9 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,313	$73,542
Median home value	$87,300	—
Median gross rent	$850	$483
Housing units	288	338
Homeownership rate	76.7%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cawker City	Glen Elder
Population	581 → 413 (-28.9%)	438 → 520 (+18.7%)
Median household income	$38,295 → $50,313 (+31.4%)	$46,771 → $73,542 (+57.2%)
Median home value	$59,200 → $87,300 (+47.5%)	$70,300 → $137,500 (+95.6%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $850 (+45.3%)	$431 → $483 (+12.1%)

Cawker City

Population

581413

Median household income

$38,295$50,313

Median home value

$59,200$87,300

Median gross rent

$585$850

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)

	Cawker City	Glen Elder
Under 5	4.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	10.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	2.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.4%	21.5%
45 to 54	15.3%	4.6%
55 to 64	13.8%	18.7%
65 to 74	16.0%	9.2%
75 and over	15.3%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cawker City	Glen Elder
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cawker City	Glen Elder
No high school diploma	10.4%	2.3%
High school graduate	24.4%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	44.1%	48.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cawker City	Glen Elder
Drove alone	73.9%	69.9%
Carpooled	10.6%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.4%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	23.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cawker City	Glen Elder
1-unit, detached	77.4%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.4%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Cawker City	Glen Elder
Poverty rate	24.2%	6.9%
Average household size	2.04	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	19	11
Median year structure built	1963	1963