Ada vs Delphos

A side-by-side comparison of Ada and Delphos: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Delphos has the higher population (314 vs 70 in Ada). Ada has the higher median home value ($85,000 vs $50,000 in Delphos). Since 2019, Delphos's population has grown faster (-15.4% vs -56.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Ada	Delphos
Population	70	314
Median age	41.0 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$55,417
Median home value	$85,000	$50,000
Median gross rent	—	$641
Housing units	26	219
Homeownership rate	100.0%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	13.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ada	Delphos
Population	160 → 70 (-56.3%)	371 → 314 (-15.4%)
Median household income	$33,798 → $33,750 (-0.1%)	$45,000 → $55,417 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$12,000 → $85,000 (+608.3%)	$44,600 → $50,000 (+12.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$792 → $641 (-19.1%)

Ada

Population

16070

Median household income

$33,798$33,750

Median home value

$12,000$85,000

Delphos

Population

371314

Median household income

$45,000$55,417

Median home value

$44,600$50,000

Median gross rent

$792$641

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ada	Delphos
Under 5	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 17	34.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	1.4%	12.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	27.1%	3.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	37.1%	13.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	13.4%
75 and over	0.0%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ada	Delphos
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ada	Delphos
No high school diploma	4.4%	13.1%
High school graduate	73.3%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ada	Delphos
Drove alone	69.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.0%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ada	Delphos
1-unit, detached	100.0%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Ada	Delphos
Poverty rate	11.4%	20.7%
Average household size	2.69	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938