Kirwin vs Phillipsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Kirwin and Phillipsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Phillipsburg has the higher population (2,132 vs 84 in Kirwin). Phillipsburg has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $41,750 in Kirwin). Phillipsburg has the higher median home value ($93,900 vs $60,000 in Kirwin).

Population, income & housing

	Kirwin	Phillipsburg
Population	84	2,132
Median age	35.8 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$41,750	$58,125
Median home value	$60,000	$93,900
Median gross rent	—	$654
Housing units	128	1,276
Homeownership rate	66.7%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirwin	Phillipsburg
Population	166 → 84 (-49.4%)	2,583 → 2,132 (-17.5%)
Median household income	$43,438 → $41,750 (-3.9%)	$48,579 → $58,125 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$39,300 → $60,000 (+52.7%)	$80,800 → $93,900 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$710 → $654 (-7.9%)

Kirwin

Population

16684

Median household income

$43,438$41,750

Median home value

$39,300$60,000

Phillipsburg

Population

2,5832,132

Median household income

$48,579$58,125

Median home value

$80,800$93,900

Median gross rent

$710$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kirwin	Phillipsburg
Under 5	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	32.1%	14.1%
18 to 24	1.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	9.5%	13.6%
45 to 54	7.1%	8.6%
55 to 64	16.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	13.7%
75 and over	14.3%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirwin	Phillipsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	91.5%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirwin	Phillipsburg
No high school diploma	7.1%	9.0%
High school graduate	50.0%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirwin	Phillipsburg
Drove alone	76.7%	88.6%
Carpooled	23.3%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirwin	Phillipsburg
1-unit, detached	87.5%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Kirwin	Phillipsburg
Poverty rate	16.0%	11.2%
Average household size	2.55	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	17	14
Median year structure built	1938	1961