Gypsum vs Smolan

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

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

Gypsum has the higher population (385 vs 171 in Smolan). Smolan has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $37,083 in Gypsum). Smolan has the higher median home value ($154,200 vs $77,600 in Gypsum).

Population, income & housing

	Gypsum	Smolan
Population	385	171
Median age	40.5 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$37,083	$71,250
Median home value	$77,600	$154,200
Median gross rent	$850	$1,016
Housing units	215	84
Homeownership rate	80.0%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	33.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gypsum	Smolan
Population	464 → 385 (-17.0%)	197 → 171 (-13.2%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $37,083 (-23.9%)	$46,250 → $71,250 (+54.1%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $77,600 (+8.5%)	$90,000 → $154,200 (+71.3%)
Median gross rent	$715 → $850 (+18.9%)	$838 → $1,016 (+21.2%)

Gypsum

Population

464385

Median household income

$48,750$37,083

Median home value

$71,500$77,600

Median gross rent

$715$850

Smolan

Population

197171

Median household income

$46,250$71,250

Median home value

$90,000$154,200

Median gross rent

$838$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gypsum	Smolan
Under 5	3.1%	2.3%
5 to 17	21.6%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	20.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	6.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.4%
55 to 64	16.9%	21.6%
65 to 74	13.2%	9.9%
75 and over	5.7%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gypsum	Smolan
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gypsum	Smolan
No high school diploma	7.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	41.3%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gypsum	Smolan
Drove alone	77.8%	83.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gypsum	Smolan
1-unit, detached	83.3%	90.5%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Gypsum	Smolan
Poverty rate	13.0%	12.3%
Average household size	2.03	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938