Gypsum vs Salina

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

Gypsum 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 385 in Gypsum). Salina has the higher median household income ($60,624 vs $37,083 in Gypsum). Salina has the higher median home value ($164,500 vs $77,600 in Gypsum).

Population, income & housing

	Gypsum	Salina
Population	385	46,432
Median age	40.5 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$37,083	$60,624
Median home value	$77,600	$164,500
Median gross rent	$850	$911
Housing units	215	20,855
Homeownership rate	80.0%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gypsum	Salina
Population	464 → 385 (-17.0%)	46,998 → 46,432 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $37,083 (-23.9%)	$50,490 → $60,624 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $77,600 (+8.5%)	$129,300 → $164,500 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $850 (+18.9%)	$758 → $911 (+20.2%)

Gypsum

Population

464385

Median household income

$48,750$37,083

Median home value

$71,500$77,600

Median gross rent

$715$850

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)

	Gypsum	Salina
Under 5	3.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	21.6%	16.9%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.1%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	16.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	13.2%	9.7%
75 and over	5.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gypsum	Salina
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	77.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	13.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gypsum	Salina
No high school diploma	7.1%	7.5%
High school graduate	41.3%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gypsum	Salina
Drove alone	77.8%	78.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.7%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gypsum	Salina
1-unit, detached	83.3%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Gypsum	Salina
Poverty rate	13.0%	13.1%
Average household size	2.03	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	26	14
Median year structure built	1938	1964