Sabetha vs Seneca

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

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

Sabetha has the higher population (2,326 vs 2,139 in Seneca). Seneca has the higher median household income ($70,221 vs $67,794 in Sabetha). Seneca has the higher median home value ($217,000 vs $146,000 in Sabetha).

Population, income & housing

	Sabetha	Seneca
Population	2,326	2,139
Median age	37.5 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,794	$70,221
Median home value	$146,000	$217,000
Median gross rent	$693	$607
Housing units	1,264	970
Homeownership rate	61.7%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sabetha	Seneca
Population	2,552 → 2,326 (-8.9%)	2,084 → 2,139 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$54,810 → $67,794 (+23.7%)	$53,478 → $70,221 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$108,500 → $146,000 (+34.6%)	$151,800 → $217,000 (+43.0%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $693 (+7.8%)	$522 → $607 (+16.3%)

Sabetha

Population

2,5522,326

Median household income

$54,810$67,794

Median home value

$108,500$146,000

Median gross rent

$643$693

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)

	Sabetha	Seneca
Under 5	8.7%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.2%	20.4%
18 to 24	10.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	15.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	8.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	5.9%
55 to 64	7.0%	17.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.4%
75 and over	13.9%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sabetha	Seneca
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sabetha	Seneca
No high school diploma	6.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	27.4%	46.8%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sabetha	Seneca
Drove alone	90.9%	83.0%
Carpooled	1.9%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	2.7%	4.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	2.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sabetha	Seneca
1-unit, detached	66.4%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	5.4%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Sabetha	Seneca
Poverty rate	11.2%	8.5%
Average household size	2.02	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	10	10
Median year structure built	1971	1976