Seneca vs Wetmore

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

Seneca and Wetmore 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 325 in Wetmore). Seneca has the higher median household income ($70,221 vs $65,000 in Wetmore). Seneca has the higher median home value ($217,000 vs $85,000 in Wetmore).

Population, income & housing

	Seneca	Wetmore
Population	2,139	325
Median age	42.9 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,221	$65,000
Median home value	$217,000	$85,000
Median gross rent	$607	$542
Housing units	970	130
Homeownership rate	78.3%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Seneca	Wetmore
Population	2,084 → 2,139 (+2.6%)	303 → 325 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$53,478 → $70,221 (+31.3%)	$48,750 → $65,000 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$151,800 → $217,000 (+43.0%)	$70,000 → $85,000 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$522 → $607 (+16.3%)	$700 → $542 (-22.6%)

Seneca

Population

2,0842,139

Median household income

$53,478$70,221

Median home value

$151,800$217,000

Median gross rent

$522$607

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)

	Seneca	Wetmore
Under 5	4.2%	10.5%
5 to 17	20.4%	27.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	2.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.7%
35 to 44	8.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	5.9%	9.8%
55 to 64	17.3%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.4%	5.2%
75 and over	15.6%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Seneca	Wetmore
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	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	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	9.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Seneca	Wetmore
No high school diploma	6.7%	5.6%
High school graduate	46.8%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Seneca	Wetmore
Drove alone	83.0%	74.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	9.9%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	4.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	13.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Seneca	Wetmore
1-unit, detached	81.3%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Seneca	Wetmore
Poverty rate	8.5%	5.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	10	38
Median year structure built	1976	1957