Atwood vs Herndon

A side-by-side comparison of Atwood and Herndon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atwood has the higher population (1,388 vs 105 in Herndon). Atwood has the higher median household income ($66,473 vs $60,938 in Herndon). Atwood has the higher median home value ($113,400 vs $45,300 in Herndon).

Population, income & housing

	Atwood	Herndon
Population	1,388	105
Median age	40.9 yrs	58.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,473	$60,938
Median home value	$113,400	$45,300
Median gross rent	$869	$375
Housing units	665	111
Homeownership rate	69.9%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atwood	Herndon
Population	1,109 → 1,388 (+25.2%)	139 → 105 (-24.5%)
Median household income	$53,281 → $66,473 (+24.8%)	$35,625 → $60,938 (+71.1%)
Median home value	$99,300 → $113,400 (+14.2%)	$35,400 → $45,300 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $869 (+38.2%)	$510 → $375 (-26.5%)

Atwood

Population

1,1091,388

Median household income

$53,281$66,473

Median home value

$99,300$113,400

Median gross rent

$629$869

Herndon

Population

139105

Median household income

$35,625$60,938

Median home value

$35,400$45,300

Median gross rent

$510$375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atwood	Herndon
Under 5	7.7%	1.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	4.8%
18 to 24	2.4%	1.9%
25 to 34	12.9%	15.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	1.0%
45 to 54	8.9%	23.8%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.6%
75 and over	13.6%	28.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atwood	Herndon
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atwood	Herndon
No high school diploma	3.8%	10.4%
High school graduate	23.6%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	53.5%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.1%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atwood	Herndon
Drove alone	67.8%	75.0%
Carpooled	14.4%	17.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.2%	7.1%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atwood	Herndon
1-unit, detached	83.2%	88.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Atwood	Herndon
Poverty rate	11.5%	5.7%
Average household size	2.20	1.44
Mean commute (minutes)	9	21
Median year structure built	1957	1938