Olsburg vs Wamego

A side-by-side comparison of Olsburg and Wamego: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wamego has the higher population (4,205 vs 274 in Olsburg). Wamego has the higher median household income ($82,756 vs $76,250 in Olsburg). Wamego has the higher median home value ($187,700 vs $152,200 in Olsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Olsburg	Wamego
Population	274	4,205
Median age	39.8 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$82,756
Median home value	$152,200	$187,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,032
Housing units	98	1,896
Homeownership rate	71.4%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.3%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Olsburg	Wamego
Population	239 → 274 (+14.6%)	4,876 → 4,205 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$54,792 → $76,250 (+39.2%)	$58,017 → $82,756 (+42.6%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $152,200 (+35.3%)	$160,700 → $187,700 (+16.8%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $631 (-9.9%)	$890 → $1,032 (+16.0%)

Olsburg

Population

239274

Median household income

$54,792$76,250

Median home value

$112,500$152,200

Median gross rent

$700$631

Wamego

Population

4,8764,205

Median household income

$58,017$82,756

Median home value

$160,700$187,700

Median gross rent

$890$1,032

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Olsburg	Wamego
Under 5	6.2%	4.4%
5 to 17	23.7%	23.4%
18 to 24	2.2%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	18.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	1.5%	18.6%
55 to 64	21.5%	8.3%
65 to 74	12.4%	6.9%
75 and over	4.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Olsburg	Wamego
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Olsburg	Wamego
No high school diploma	8.6%	3.3%
High school graduate	36.0%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Olsburg	Wamego
Drove alone	62.8%	77.4%
Carpooled	19.8%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	7.9%
Other means	3.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Olsburg	Wamego
1-unit, detached	99.0%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Olsburg	Wamego
Poverty rate	16.1%	5.5%
Average household size	3.01	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1938	1972