Melvern vs Quenemo

A side-by-side comparison of Melvern and Quenemo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Quenemo has the higher population (375 vs 304 in Melvern). Melvern has the higher median household income ($57,250 vs $51,250 in Quenemo). Melvern has the higher median home value ($90,000 vs $49,000 in Quenemo).

Population, income & housing

	Melvern	Quenemo
Population	304	375
Median age	40.3 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,250	$51,250
Median home value	$90,000	$49,000
Median gross rent	$539	$815
Housing units	155	183
Homeownership rate	76.9%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	5.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Melvern	Quenemo
Population	400 → 304 (-24.0%)	382 → 375 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $57,250 (+43.1%)	$39,583 → $51,250 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $90,000 (+16.1%)	$27,500 → $49,000 (+78.2%)
Median gross rent	$610 → $539 (-11.6%)	$829 → $815 (-1.7%)

Melvern

Population

400304

Median household income

$40,000$57,250

Median home value

$77,500$90,000

Median gross rent

$610$539

Quenemo

Population

382375

Median household income

$39,583$51,250

Median home value

$27,500$49,000

Median gross rent

$829$815

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Melvern	Quenemo
Under 5	12.5%	2.1%
5 to 17	9.9%	24.8%
18 to 24	16.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	8.9%	11.5%
35 to 44	4.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	9.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	17.1%	12.3%
75 and over	6.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Melvern	Quenemo
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	88.8%
Black or African American	2.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Melvern	Quenemo
No high school diploma	5.4%	24.2%
High school graduate	35.1%	57.0%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Melvern	Quenemo
Drove alone	83.0%	82.1%
Carpooled	4.4%	13.0%
Public transit	8.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Melvern	Quenemo
1-unit, detached	80.0%	53.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	46.4%

Poverty & households

	Melvern	Quenemo
Poverty rate	7.6%	23.6%
Average household size	2.52	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1964	1965