Clearwater vs Colwich

A side-by-side comparison of Clearwater and Colwich: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clearwater has the higher population (2,536 vs 1,616 in Colwich). Colwich has the higher median household income ($88,468 vs $72,266 in Clearwater). Colwich has the higher median home value ($217,600 vs $191,500 in Clearwater).

Population, income & housing

	Clearwater	Colwich
Population	2,536	1,616
Median age	37.0 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$72,266	$88,468
Median home value	$191,500	$217,600
Median gross rent	$1,002	$1,264
Housing units	907	597
Homeownership rate	73.9%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clearwater	Colwich
Population	2,520 → 2,536 (+0.6%)	1,270 → 1,616 (+27.2%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $72,266 (+0.5%)	$73,750 → $88,468 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$143,900 → $191,500 (+33.1%)	$149,600 → $217,600 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $1,002 (+40.9%)	$808 → $1,264 (+56.4%)

Clearwater

Population

2,5202,536

Median household income

$71,875$72,266

Median home value

$143,900$191,500

Median gross rent

$711$1,002

Colwich

Population

1,2701,616

Median household income

$73,750$88,468

Median home value

$149,600$217,600

Median gross rent

$808$1,264

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clearwater	Colwich
Under 5	7.8%	11.0%
5 to 17	22.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.1%
25 to 34	9.8%	15.2%
35 to 44	15.8%	9.3%
45 to 54	8.8%	10.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	7.1%
75 and over	8.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clearwater	Colwich
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.1%
Two or more races	4.6%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clearwater	Colwich
No high school diploma	5.1%	2.0%
High school graduate	26.2%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clearwater	Colwich
Drove alone	83.4%	79.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	7.4%	7.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clearwater	Colwich
1-unit, detached	82.4%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Clearwater	Colwich
Poverty rate	10.9%	1.2%
Average household size	2.80	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1976	1975