Corning vs Seneca

A side-by-side comparison of Corning and Seneca: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Seneca has the higher population (2,139 vs 153 in Corning). Corning has the higher median household income ($85,313 vs $70,221 in Seneca). Seneca has the higher median home value ($217,000 vs $108,300 in Corning).

Population, income & housing

	Corning	Seneca
Population	153	2,139
Median age	34.4 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$85,313	$70,221
Median home value	$108,300	$217,000
Median gross rent	—	$607
Housing units	58	970
Homeownership rate	94.5%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corning	Seneca
Population	188 → 153 (-18.6%)	2,084 → 2,139 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$61,875 → $85,313 (+37.9%)	$53,478 → $70,221 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $108,300 (+29.2%)	$151,800 → $217,000 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$522 → $607 (+16.3%)

Corning

Population

188153

Median household income

$61,875$85,313

Median home value

$83,800$108,300

Seneca

Population

2,0842,139

Median household income

$53,478$70,221

Median home value

$151,800$217,000

Median gross rent

$522$607

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corning	Seneca
Under 5	8.5%	4.2%
5 to 17	29.4%	20.4%
18 to 24	4.6%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	8.6%
45 to 54	20.3%	5.9%
55 to 64	9.2%	17.3%
65 to 74	4.6%	9.4%
75 and over	2.0%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corning	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
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%	1.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corning	Seneca
No high school diploma	2.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	26.1%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corning	Seneca
Drove alone	82.2%	83.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	2.7%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corning	Seneca
1-unit, detached	87.9%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Corning	Seneca
Poverty rate	9.8%	8.5%
Average household size	2.78	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	21	10
Median year structure built	1941	1976