Alden vs Little River

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

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

Little River has the higher population (427 vs 110 in Alden). Little River has the higher median household income ($60,500 vs $38,750 in Alden). Little River has the higher median home value ($110,800 vs $49,300 in Alden).

Population, income & housing

	Alden	Little River
Population	110	427
Median age	58.5 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$38,750	$60,500
Median home value	$49,300	$110,800
Median gross rent	—	$740
Housing units	75	187
Homeownership rate	87.7%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.9%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alden	Little River
Population	121 → 110 (-9.1%)	446 → 427 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$53,281 → $38,750 (-27.3%)	$46,618 → $60,500 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$38,000 → $49,300 (+29.7%)	$76,900 → $110,800 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $740 (+18.4%)

Alden

Population

121110

Median household income

$53,281$38,750

Median home value

$38,000$49,300

Little River

Population

446427

Median household income

$46,618$60,500

Median home value

$76,900$110,800

Median gross rent

$625$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alden	Little River
Under 5	1.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	22.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	4.5%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.1%
45 to 54	4.5%	11.2%
55 to 64	17.3%	10.1%
65 to 74	27.3%	11.2%
75 and over	12.7%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alden	Little River
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
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%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alden	Little River
No high school diploma	10.3%	7.2%
High school graduate	25.3%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alden	Little River
Drove alone	74.3%	89.3%
Carpooled	20.0%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alden	Little River
1-unit, detached	100.0%	86.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Alden	Little River
Poverty rate	24.3%	4.6%
Average household size	1.93	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	16	26
Median year structure built	1972	1949