Council Grove vs Latimer

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

Council Grove and Latimer 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 66 in Latimer). Council Grove has the higher median home value ($131,500 vs $63,600 in Latimer). Since 2019, Latimer's population has grown faster (+112.9% vs +10.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Council Grove	Latimer
Population	2,487	66
Median age	37.9 yrs	15.8 yrs
Median household income	$56,211	—
Median home value	$131,500	$63,600
Median gross rent	$688	—
Housing units	1,139	15
Homeownership rate	67.8%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	40.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Council Grove	Latimer
Population	2,260 → 2,487 (+10.0%)	31 → 66 (+112.9%)
Median household income	$47,708 → $56,211 (+17.8%)	$57,500 → $49,375 (-14.1%)
Median home value	$94,200 → $131,500 (+39.6%)	$85,000 → $63,600 (-25.2%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $688 (+10.1%)	—

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

Latimer

Population

3166

Median household income

$57,500$49,375

Median home value

$85,000$63,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Council Grove	Latimer
Under 5	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.6%	53.0%
18 to 24	4.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.0%	30.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	6.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	3.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	3.0%
75 and over	9.2%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Council Grove	Latimer
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	98.5%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Council Grove	Latimer
No high school diploma	10.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	33.9%	74.2%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	12.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Council Grove	Latimer
Drove alone	81.1%	94.4%
Carpooled	9.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	5.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Council Grove	Latimer
1-unit, detached	78.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Council Grove	Latimer
Poverty rate	12.4%	83.3%
Average household size	2.33	4.40
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1951	1938