Corning vs Wetmore

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

Corning 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 153 in Corning). Corning has the higher median household income ($85,313 vs $65,000 in Wetmore). Corning has the higher median home value ($108,300 vs $85,000 in Wetmore).

Population, income & housing

	Corning	Wetmore
Population	153	325
Median age	34.4 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$85,313	$65,000
Median home value	$108,300	$85,000
Median gross rent	—	$542
Housing units	58	130
Homeownership rate	94.5%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.9%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corning	Wetmore
Population	188 → 153 (-18.6%)	303 → 325 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$61,875 → $85,313 (+37.9%)	$48,750 → $65,000 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $108,300 (+29.2%)	$70,000 → $85,000 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$700 → $542 (-22.6%)

Corning

Population

188153

Median household income

$61,875$85,313

Median home value

$83,800$108,300

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)

	Corning	Wetmore
Under 5	8.5%	10.5%
5 to 17	29.4%	27.1%
18 to 24	4.6%	2.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	20.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	12.3%
65 to 74	4.6%	5.2%
75 and over	2.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corning	Wetmore
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	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	6.5%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corning	Wetmore
No high school diploma	2.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	26.1%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.2%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corning	Wetmore
Drove alone	82.2%	74.4%
Carpooled	9.6%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	13.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corning	Wetmore
1-unit, detached	87.9%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Corning	Wetmore
Poverty rate	9.8%	5.5%
Average household size	2.78	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	21	38
Median year structure built	1941	1957