Assaria vs Salina

A side-by-side comparison of Assaria and Salina: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Salina has the higher population (46,432 vs 433 in Assaria). Assaria has the higher median household income ($81,333 vs $60,624 in Salina). Salina has the higher median home value ($164,500 vs $146,400 in Assaria).

Population, income & housing

	Assaria	Salina
Population	433	46,432
Median age	37.0 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$81,333	$60,624
Median home value	$146,400	$164,500
Median gross rent	$980	$911
Housing units	181	20,855
Homeownership rate	72.9%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.8%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Assaria	Salina
Population	438 → 433 (-1.1%)	46,998 → 46,432 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $81,333 (+39.9%)	$50,490 → $60,624 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$121,300 → $146,400 (+20.7%)	$129,300 → $164,500 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $980 (+16.7%)	$758 → $911 (+20.2%)

Assaria

Population

438433

Median household income

$58,125$81,333

Median home value

$121,300$146,400

Median gross rent

$840$980

Salina

Population

46,99846,432

Median household income

$50,490$60,624

Median home value

$129,300$164,500

Median gross rent

$758$911

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Assaria	Salina
Under 5	6.2%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	16.9%
18 to 24	3.5%	9.8%
25 to 34	16.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	13.2%	9.7%
75 and over	5.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Assaria	Salina
White (non-Hispanic)	88.2%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Assaria	Salina
No high school diploma	1.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	27.5%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Assaria	Salina
Drove alone	77.5%	78.8%
Carpooled	12.9%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	8.4%	6.2%
Other means	0.8%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Assaria	Salina
1-unit, detached	88.4%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Assaria	Salina
Poverty rate	5.8%	13.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	21	14
Median year structure built	1954	1964