Geneseo vs Little River

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

Geneseo 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 224 in Geneseo). Little River has the higher median household income ($60,500 vs $36,607 in Geneseo). Little River has the higher median home value ($110,800 vs $42,400 in Geneseo).

Population, income & housing

	Geneseo	Little River
Population	224	427
Median age	48.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,607	$60,500
Median home value	$42,400	$110,800
Median gross rent	$725	$740
Housing units	125	187
Homeownership rate	78.1%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Geneseo	Little River
Population	264 → 224 (-15.2%)	446 → 427 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$36,339 → $36,607 (+0.7%)	$46,618 → $60,500 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$31,200 → $42,400 (+35.9%)	$76,900 → $110,800 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$426 → $725 (+70.2%)	$625 → $740 (+18.4%)

Geneseo

Population

264224

Median household income

$36,339$36,607

Median home value

$31,200$42,400

Median gross rent

$426$725

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)

	Geneseo	Little River
Under 5	6.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.9%	22.2%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	8.4%
35 to 44	9.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.9%	10.1%
65 to 74	17.4%	11.2%
75 and over	9.8%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Geneseo	Little River
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	11.2%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Geneseo	Little River
No high school diploma	4.3%	7.2%
High school graduate	36.0%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	10.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Geneseo	Little River
Drove alone	88.9%	89.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	7.5%
Public transit	3.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Geneseo	Little River
1-unit, detached	97.6%	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	2.4%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Geneseo	Little River
Poverty rate	15.2%	4.6%
Average household size	2.13	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1952	1949