Kirwin vs Prairie View

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

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

Prairie View has the higher population (156 vs 84 in Kirwin). Prairie View has the higher median household income ($142,717 vs $41,750 in Kirwin). Prairie View has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $60,000 in Kirwin).

Population, income & housing

	Kirwin	Prairie View
Population	84	156
Median age	35.8 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$41,750	$142,717
Median home value	$60,000	$151,100
Median gross rent	—	$565
Housing units	128	79
Homeownership rate	66.7%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	25.0%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirwin	Prairie View
Population	166 → 84 (-49.4%)	109 → 156 (+43.1%)
Median household income	$43,438 → $41,750 (-3.9%)	$57,083 → $142,717 (+150.0%)
Median home value	$39,300 → $60,000 (+52.7%)	$43,000 → $151,100 (+251.4%)

Kirwin

Population

16684

Median household income

$43,438$41,750

Median home value

$39,300$60,000

Prairie View

Population

109156

Median household income

$57,083$142,717

Median home value

$43,000$151,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kirwin	Prairie View
Under 5	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	32.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	1.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.8%
35 to 44	9.5%	3.8%
45 to 54	7.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	16.7%	28.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	13.5%
75 and over	14.3%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirwin	Prairie View
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirwin	Prairie View
No high school diploma	7.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	50.0%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirwin	Prairie View
Drove alone	76.7%	93.8%
Carpooled	23.3%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirwin	Prairie View
1-unit, detached	87.5%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Kirwin	Prairie View
Poverty rate	16.0%	3.8%
Average household size	2.55	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1938	1961