Alden vs Geneseo

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

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

Geneseo has the higher population (224 vs 110 in Alden). Alden has the higher median household income ($38,750 vs $36,607 in Geneseo). Alden has the higher median home value ($49,300 vs $42,400 in Geneseo).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	Geneseo
Population	110	224
Median age	58.5 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$38,750	$36,607
Median home value	$49,300	$42,400
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	75	125
Homeownership rate	87.7%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	Geneseo
Population	121 → 110 (-9.1%)	264 → 224 (-15.2%)
Median household income	$53,281 → $38,750 (-27.3%)	$36,339 → $36,607 (+0.7%)
Median home value	$38,000 → $49,300 (+29.7%)	$31,200 → $42,400 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$426 → $725 (+70.2%)

Alden

Population

121110

Median household income

$53,281$38,750

Median home value

$38,000$49,300

Geneseo

Population

264224

Median household income

$36,339$36,607

Median home value

$31,200$42,400

Median gross rent

$426$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alden	Geneseo
Under 5	1.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	4.5%	8.5%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	4.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	17.3%	12.9%
65 to 74	27.3%	17.4%
75 and over	12.7%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	Geneseo
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	78.1%
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%	11.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	Geneseo
No high school diploma	10.3%	4.3%
High school graduate	25.3%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	Geneseo
Drove alone	74.3%	88.9%
Carpooled	20.0%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	3.3%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	Geneseo
1-unit, detached	100.0%	97.6%
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%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Alden	Geneseo
Poverty rate	24.3%	15.2%
Average household size	1.93	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	16	29
Median year structure built	1972	1952