Onaga vs Wamego

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

Onaga 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 680 in Onaga). Wamego has the higher median household income ($82,756 vs $46,042 in Onaga). Wamego has the higher median home value ($187,700 vs $95,400 in Onaga).

Population, income & housing

	Onaga	Wamego
Population	680	4,205
Median age	58.3 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,042	$82,756
Median home value	$95,400	$187,700
Median gross rent	$855	$1,032
Housing units	348	1,896
Homeownership rate	49.6%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Onaga	Wamego
Population	751 → 680 (-9.5%)	4,876 → 4,205 (-13.8%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $46,042 (+3.8%)	$58,017 → $82,756 (+42.6%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $95,400 (+45.9%)	$160,700 → $187,700 (+16.8%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $855 (+43.7%)	$890 → $1,032 (+16.0%)

Onaga

Population

751680

Median household income

$44,375$46,042

Median home value

$65,400$95,400

Median gross rent

$595$855

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)

	Onaga	Wamego
Under 5	1.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	12.2%	23.4%
18 to 24	2.6%	8.8%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	7.4%	18.6%
55 to 64	18.8%	8.3%
65 to 74	13.2%	6.9%
75 and over	21.8%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Onaga	Wamego
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.9%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Onaga	Wamego
No high school diploma	7.6%	3.3%
High school graduate	41.7%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Onaga	Wamego
Drove alone	76.3%	77.4%
Carpooled	8.2%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	7.9%
Other means	2.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Onaga	Wamego
1-unit, detached	73.0%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	7.6%
20 or more units	8.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Onaga	Wamego
Poverty rate	12.9%	5.5%
Average household size	2.19	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1953	1972