Council Grove vs Dwight

A side-by-side comparison of Council Grove and Dwight: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Council Grove has the higher population (2,487 vs 194 in Dwight). Dwight has the higher median household income ($56,750 vs $56,211 in Council Grove). Council Grove has the higher median home value ($131,500 vs $78,300 in Dwight).

Population, income & housing

	Council Grove	Dwight
Population	2,487	194
Median age	37.9 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,211	$56,750
Median home value	$131,500	$78,300
Median gross rent	$688	—
Housing units	1,139	117
Homeownership rate	67.8%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Council Grove	Dwight
Population	2,260 → 2,487 (+10.0%)	205 → 194 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$47,708 → $56,211 (+17.8%)	$36,250 → $56,750 (+56.6%)
Median home value	$94,200 → $131,500 (+39.6%)	$59,400 → $78,300 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $688 (+10.1%)	$917 → $575 (-37.3%)

Council Grove

Population

2,2602,487

Median household income

$47,708$56,211

Median home value

$94,200$131,500

Median gross rent

$625$688

Dwight

Population

205194

Median household income

$36,250$56,750

Median home value

$59,400$78,300

Median gross rent

$917$575

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Council Grove	Dwight
Under 5	3.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	22.6%	18.6%
18 to 24	4.7%	4.1%
25 to 34	10.5%	12.9%
35 to 44	16.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	16.5%
75 and over	9.2%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Council Grove	Dwight
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	6.8%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Council Grove	Dwight
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	33.9%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Council Grove	Dwight
Drove alone	81.1%	76.8%
Carpooled	9.0%	12.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Council Grove	Dwight
1-unit, detached	78.5%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Council Grove	Dwight
Poverty rate	12.4%	16.3%
Average household size	2.33	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1951	1957