Kirwin vs Speed

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

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

Kirwin has the higher population (84 vs 23 in Speed). Speed has the higher median household income ($61,324 vs $41,750 in Kirwin). Kirwin has the higher median home value ($60,000 vs $27,600 in Speed).

Population, income & housing

	Kirwin	Speed
Population	84	23
Median age	35.8 yrs	64.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,750	$61,324
Median home value	$60,000	$27,600
Housing units	128	20
Homeownership rate	66.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirwin	Speed
Population	166 → 84 (-49.4%)	41 → 23 (-43.9%)
Median household income	$43,438 → $41,750 (-3.9%)	$51,875 → $61,324 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$39,300 → $60,000 (+52.7%)	$26,800 → $27,600 (+3.0%)

Kirwin

Population

16684

Median household income

$43,438$41,750

Median home value

$39,300$60,000

Speed

Population

4123

Median household income

$51,875$61,324

Median home value

$26,800$27,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kirwin	Speed
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	32.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	87.0%
65 to 74	8.3%	8.7%
75 and over	14.3%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirwin	Speed
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	Speed
No high school diploma	7.1%	8.7%
High school graduate	50.0%	82.6%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	4.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirwin	Speed
Drove alone	76.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	23.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirwin	Speed
1-unit, detached	87.5%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kirwin	Speed
Poverty rate	16.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.55	1.15
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1938	1955