Bern vs Wetmore

A side-by-side comparison of Bern and Wetmore: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wetmore has the higher population (325 vs 132 in Bern). Wetmore has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $61,944 in Bern). Bern has the higher median home value ($120,300 vs $85,000 in Wetmore).

Population, income & housing

	Bern	Wetmore
Population	132	325
Median age	48.7 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,944	$65,000
Median home value	$120,300	$85,000
Median gross rent	—	$542
Housing units	82	130
Homeownership rate	85.9%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bern	Wetmore
Population	170 → 132 (-22.4%)	303 → 325 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$73,125 → $61,944 (-15.3%)	$48,750 → $65,000 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$73,000 → $120,300 (+64.8%)	$70,000 → $85,000 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $758 (+21.3%)	$700 → $542 (-22.6%)

Bern

Population

170132

Median household income

$73,125$61,944

Median home value

$73,000$120,300

Median gross rent

$625$758

Wetmore

Population

303325

Median household income

$48,750$65,000

Median home value

$70,000$85,000

Median gross rent

$700$542

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bern	Wetmore
Under 5	1.5%	10.5%
5 to 17	3.8%	27.1%
18 to 24	26.5%	2.5%
25 to 34	5.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	14.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	12.1%	5.2%
75 and over	9.8%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bern	Wetmore
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.8%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bern	Wetmore
No high school diploma	10.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	33.3%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bern	Wetmore
Drove alone	65.0%	74.4%
Carpooled	26.2%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	13.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bern	Wetmore
1-unit, detached	95.1%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Bern	Wetmore
Poverty rate	9.1%	5.5%
Average household size	2.06	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	19	38
Median year structure built	1954	1957