Falun vs Salina

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

Falun 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 151 in Falun). Salina has the higher median household income ($60,624 vs $55,750 in Falun). Since 2019, Falun's population has grown faster (+79.8% vs -1.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Falun	Salina
Population	151	46,432
Median age	31.5 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$55,750	$60,624
Median home value	—	$164,500
Median gross rent	—	$911
Housing units	95	20,855
Homeownership rate	100.0%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Falun	Salina
Population	84 → 151 (+79.8%)	46,998 → 46,432 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $55,750 (+46.2%)	$50,490 → $60,624 (+20.1%)
Median home value	—	$129,300 → $164,500 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$758 → $911 (+20.2%)

Falun

Population

84151

Median household income

$38,125$55,750

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)

	Falun	Salina
Under 5	32.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.9%
18 to 24	3.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	29.1%	12.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.9%
45 to 54	21.9%	11.1%
55 to 64	6.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.7%
75 and over	6.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Falun	Salina
White (non-Hispanic)	57.6%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	21.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Falun	Salina
No high school diploma	10.3%	7.5%
High school graduate	21.6%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Falun	Salina
Drove alone	71.0%	78.8%
Carpooled	14.5%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	14.5%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Falun	Salina
1-unit, detached	76.8%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	23.2%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Falun	Salina
Poverty rate	74.2%	13.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	—	14
Median year structure built	1968	1964