Alden vs Bushton

A side-by-side comparison of Alden and Bushton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bushton has the higher population (237 vs 110 in Alden). Bushton has the higher median household income ($38,906 vs $38,750 in Alden). Alden has the higher median home value ($49,300 vs $43,800 in Bushton).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	Bushton
Population	110	237
Median age	58.5 yrs	66.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,750	$38,906
Median home value	$49,300	$43,800
Median gross rent	—	$617
Housing units	75	182
Homeownership rate	87.7%	95.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	Bushton
Population	121 → 110 (-9.1%)	322 → 237 (-26.4%)
Median household income	$53,281 → $38,750 (-27.3%)	$64,250 → $38,906 (-39.4%)
Median home value	$38,000 → $49,300 (+29.7%)	$45,600 → $43,800 (-3.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$818 → $617 (-24.6%)

Alden

Population

121110

Median household income

$53,281$38,750

Median home value

$38,000$49,300

Bushton

Population

322237

Median household income

$64,250$38,906

Median home value

$45,600$43,800

Median gross rent

$818$617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alden	Bushton
Under 5	1.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.1%	13.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.1%
25 to 34	4.5%	6.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	3.4%
45 to 54	4.5%	4.6%
55 to 64	17.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	27.3%	23.6%
75 and over	12.7%	27.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	Bushton
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	71.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	10.9%	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	0.0%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	Bushton
No high school diploma	10.3%	5.9%
High school graduate	25.3%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	57.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	Bushton
Drove alone	74.3%	80.0%
Carpooled	20.0%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.7%
Worked from home	2.9%	1.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	Bushton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	99.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alden	Bushton
Poverty rate	24.3%	8.4%
Average household size	1.93	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1972	1948