Earlton vs Erie

A side-by-side comparison of Earlton and Erie: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Erie has the higher population (1,318 vs 116 in Earlton). Earlton has the higher median household income ($73,833 vs $39,688 in Erie). Since 2019, Earlton's population has grown faster (-6.5% vs -8.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Earlton	Erie
Population	116	1,318
Median age	43.5 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,833	$39,688
Median home value	—	$89,600
Median gross rent	—	$548
Housing units	51	662
Homeownership rate	91.7%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.5%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Earlton	Erie
Population	124 → 116 (-6.5%)	1,444 → 1,318 (-8.7%)
Median household income	$29,531 → $73,833 (+150.0%)	$51,204 → $39,688 (-22.5%)
Median home value	$52,100 → $37,900 (-27.3%)	$65,600 → $89,600 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$682 → $548 (-19.6%)

Earlton

Population

124116

Median household income

$29,531$73,833

Median home value

$52,100$37,900

Erie

Population

1,4441,318

Median household income

$51,204$39,688

Median home value

$65,600$89,600

Median gross rent

$682$548

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Earlton	Erie
Under 5	0.0%	10.8%
5 to 17	21.6%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	16.4%	16.9%
35 to 44	7.8%	5.4%
45 to 54	14.7%	7.4%
55 to 64	25.9%	17.1%
65 to 74	0.9%	13.5%
75 and over	7.8%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Earlton	Erie
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	80.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Earlton	Erie
No high school diploma	12.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	52.9%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.2%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Earlton	Erie
Drove alone	67.3%	79.5%
Carpooled	32.7%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Earlton	Erie
1-unit, detached	66.7%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.3%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Earlton	Erie
Poverty rate	1.7%	18.1%
Average household size	2.42	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	10	18
Median year structure built	1959	1969