Dorrance vs Waldo

A side-by-side comparison of Dorrance and Waldo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dorrance has the higher population (193 vs 22 in Waldo). Dorrance has the higher median household income ($64,750 vs $40,750 in Waldo). Since 2019, Dorrance's population has grown faster (-12.3% vs -58.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Dorrance	Waldo
Population	193	22
Median age	64.4 yrs	71.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,750	$40,750
Median home value	$101,000	—
Housing units	121	41
Homeownership rate	95.6%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorrance	Waldo
Population	220 → 193 (-12.3%)	53 → 22 (-58.5%)
Median household income	$41,528 → $64,750 (+55.9%)	$31,000 → $40,750 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $101,000 (+41.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$494 → $525 (+6.3%)	—

Dorrance

Population

220193

Median household income

$41,528$64,750

Median home value

$71,500$101,000

Median gross rent

$494$525

Waldo

Population

5322

Median household income

$31,000$40,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorrance	Waldo
Under 5	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.2%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	4.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	39.4%	86.4%
75 and over	8.8%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorrance	Waldo
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	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+

	Dorrance	Waldo
No high school diploma	5.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	26.3%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	51.2%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	22.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorrance	Waldo
Drove alone	81.3%	66.7%
Carpooled	18.7%	0.0%
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	0.0%	33.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorrance	Waldo
1-unit, detached	95.9%	82.9%
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	4.1%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Dorrance	Waldo
Poverty rate	5.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.12	1.69
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1954	1938