Sabetha vs Wetmore

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

Sabetha and Wetmore 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 325 in Wetmore). Sabetha has the higher median household income ($67,794 vs $65,000 in Wetmore). Sabetha has the higher median home value ($146,000 vs $85,000 in Wetmore).

Population, income & housing

	Sabetha	Wetmore
Population	2,326	325
Median age	37.5 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,794	$65,000
Median home value	$146,000	$85,000
Median gross rent	$693	$542
Housing units	1,264	130
Homeownership rate	61.7%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sabetha	Wetmore
Population	2,552 → 2,326 (-8.9%)	303 → 325 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$54,810 → $67,794 (+23.7%)	$48,750 → $65,000 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$108,500 → $146,000 (+34.6%)	$70,000 → $85,000 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$643 → $693 (+7.8%)	$700 → $542 (-22.6%)

Sabetha

Population

2,5522,326

Median household income

$54,810$67,794

Median home value

$108,500$146,000

Median gross rent

$643$693

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)

	Sabetha	Wetmore
Under 5	8.7%	10.5%
5 to 17	13.2%	27.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	2.5%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.1%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	7.0%	12.3%
65 to 74	10.7%	5.2%
75 and over	13.9%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sabetha	Wetmore
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	2.8%
Asian	1.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sabetha	Wetmore
No high school diploma	6.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	27.4%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sabetha	Wetmore
Drove alone	90.9%	74.4%
Carpooled	1.9%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	2.5%
Other means	1.1%	13.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sabetha	Wetmore
1-unit, detached	66.4%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Sabetha	Wetmore
Poverty rate	11.2%	5.5%
Average household size	2.02	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	10	38
Median year structure built	1971	1957