Oneida vs Seneca

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

Oneida 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 155 in Oneida). Seneca has the higher median household income ($70,221 vs $42,083 in Oneida). Seneca has the higher median home value ($217,000 vs $50,000 in Oneida).

Population, income & housing

	Oneida	Seneca
Population	155	2,139
Median age	18.8 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$42,083	$70,221
Median home value	$50,000	$217,000
Median gross rent	—	$607
Housing units	37	970
Homeownership rate	78.8%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.2%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oneida	Seneca
Population	167 → 155 (-7.2%)	2,084 → 2,139 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$22,098 → $42,083 (+90.4%)	$53,478 → $70,221 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$55,000 → $50,000 (-9.1%)	$151,800 → $217,000 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $955 (+12.9%)	$522 → $607 (+16.3%)

Oneida

Population

167155

Median household income

$22,098$42,083

Median home value

$55,000$50,000

Median gross rent

$846$955

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)

	Oneida	Seneca
Under 5	16.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	32.3%	20.4%
18 to 24	9.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	8.6%
45 to 54	3.2%	5.9%
55 to 64	8.4%	17.3%
65 to 74	3.2%	9.4%
75 and over	7.1%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oneida	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	93.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	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	29.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oneida	Seneca
No high school diploma	32.3%	6.7%
High school graduate	49.2%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	6.2%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oneida	Seneca
Drove alone	39.5%	83.0%
Carpooled	60.5%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.0%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oneida	Seneca
1-unit, detached	89.2%	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	10.8%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Oneida	Seneca
Poverty rate	36.1%	8.5%
Average household size	4.70	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	25	10
Median year structure built	1938	1976