Alden vs Frederick

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

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

Alden has the higher population (110 vs 39 in Frederick). Frederick has the higher median household income ($38,879 vs $38,750 in Alden). Frederick has the higher median home value ($54,800 vs $49,300 in Alden).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	Frederick
Population	110	39
Median age	58.5 yrs	67.4 yrs
Median household income	$38,750	$38,879
Median home value	$49,300	$54,800
Housing units	75	32
Homeownership rate	87.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	2.8%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	Frederick
Population	121 → 110 (-9.1%)	7 → 39 (+457.1%)
Median household income	$53,281 → $38,750 (-27.3%)	$31,250 → $38,879 (+24.4%)
Median home value	$38,000 → $49,300 (+29.7%)	$53,300 → $54,800 (+2.8%)

Alden

Population

121110

Median household income

$53,281$38,750

Median home value

$38,000$49,300

Frederick

Population

739

Median household income

$31,250$38,879

Median home value

$53,300$54,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alden	Frederick
Under 5	1.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.1%	7.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.5%	2.6%
35 to 44	12.7%	2.6%
45 to 54	4.5%	2.6%
55 to 64	17.3%	2.6%
65 to 74	27.3%	82.1%
75 and over	12.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	Frederick
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	Frederick
No high school diploma	10.3%	8.3%
High school graduate	25.3%	2.8%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	2.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	Frederick
Drove alone	74.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	20.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	Frederick
1-unit, detached	100.0%	9.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	90.6%

Poverty & households

	Alden	Frederick
Poverty rate	24.3%	0.0%
Average household size	1.93	1.22
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1972	1984