Wamego vs Westmoreland

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

Wamego and Westmoreland 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 636 in Westmoreland). Wamego has the higher median household income ($82,756 vs $59,881 in Westmoreland). Wamego has the higher median home value ($187,700 vs $148,600 in Westmoreland).

Population, income & housing

	Wamego	Westmoreland
Population	4,205	636
Median age	36.8 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,756	$59,881
Median home value	$187,700	$148,600
Median gross rent	$1,032	$775
Housing units	1,896	241
Homeownership rate	74.9%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.4%	21.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wamego	Westmoreland
Population	4,876 → 4,205 (-13.8%)	763 → 636 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$58,017 → $82,756 (+42.6%)	$52,933 → $59,881 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$160,700 → $187,700 (+16.8%)	$126,500 → $148,600 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$890 → $1,032 (+16.0%)	$675 → $775 (+14.8%)

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

Westmoreland

Population

763636

Median household income

$52,933$59,881

Median home value

$126,500$148,600

Median gross rent

$675$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wamego	Westmoreland
Under 5	4.4%	7.2%
5 to 17	23.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	8.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	18.6%	9.3%
55 to 64	8.3%	17.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.1%
75 and over	5.1%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wamego	Westmoreland
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	3.4%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wamego	Westmoreland
No high school diploma	3.3%	9.1%
High school graduate	19.7%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wamego	Westmoreland
Drove alone	77.4%	80.1%
Carpooled	10.6%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	8.1%
Other means	1.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wamego	Westmoreland
1-unit, detached	77.0%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Wamego	Westmoreland
Poverty rate	5.5%	11.8%
Average household size	2.60	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1972	1972