Alexander vs Timken

A side-by-side comparison of Alexander and Timken: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Timken has the higher population (47 vs 32 in Alexander). Timken has the higher median household income ($39,375 vs $23,750 in Alexander). Timken has the higher median home value ($54,300 vs $32,500 in Alexander).

Population, income & housing

	Alexander	Timken
Population	32	47
Median age	69.0 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$23,750	$39,375
Median home value	$32,500	$54,300
Housing units	33	26
Homeownership rate	82.6%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.9%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	23.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alexander	Timken
Population	74 → 32 (-56.8%)	79 → 47 (-40.5%)
Median household income	$20,313 → $23,750 (+16.9%)	$27,500 → $39,375 (+43.2%)
Median home value	$38,500 → $32,500 (-15.6%)	$41,400 → $54,300 (+31.2%)

Alexander

Population

7432

Median household income

$20,313$23,750

Median home value

$38,500$32,500

Timken

Population

7947

Median household income

$27,500$39,375

Median home value

$41,400$54,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alexander	Timken
Under 5	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	2.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	2.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	2.1%
45 to 54	15.6%	27.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	25.5%
65 to 74	15.6%	23.4%
75 and over	37.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alexander	Timken
White (non-Hispanic)	96.9%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	3.1%	17.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alexander	Timken
No high school diploma	3.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	37.9%	34.1%
Some college or associate's	51.7%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alexander	Timken
Drove alone	77.8%	92.3%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	11.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alexander	Timken
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Alexander	Timken
Poverty rate	12.5%	6.4%
Average household size	1.39	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	47	26
Median year structure built	1945	1954