Luray vs Waldo

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

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

Luray has the higher population (159 vs 22 in Waldo). Luray has the higher median household income ($62,500 vs $40,750 in Waldo). Since 2019, Luray's population has grown faster (-25.0% vs -58.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Luray	Waldo
Population	159	22
Median age	63.6 yrs	71.6 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$40,750
Median home value	$67,500	—
Median gross rent	$244	—
Housing units	104	41
Homeownership rate	87.5%	53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.0%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Luray	Waldo
Population	212 → 159 (-25.0%)	53 → 22 (-58.5%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $62,500 (+25.0%)	$31,000 → $40,750 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$43,200 → $67,500 (+56.3%)	—
Median gross rent	$242 → $244 (+0.8%)	—

Luray

Population

212159

Median household income

$50,000$62,500

Median home value

$43,200$67,500

Median gross rent

$242$244

Waldo

Population

5322

Median household income

$31,000$40,750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Luray	Waldo
Under 5	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	3.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	1.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	28.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	23.9%	86.4%
75 and over	18.2%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Luray	Waldo
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	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	13.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Luray	Waldo
No high school diploma	5.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.1%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	43.8%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	22.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Luray	Waldo
Drove alone	50.7%	66.7%
Carpooled	27.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	0.0%
Other means	19.2%	33.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Luray	Waldo
1-unit, detached	81.7%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Luray	Waldo
Poverty rate	6.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.21	1.69
Mean commute (minutes)	14	—
Median year structure built	1953	1938