Colwich vs Garden Plain

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

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

Colwich has the higher population (1,616 vs 1,055 in Garden Plain). Garden Plain has the higher median household income ($90,000 vs $88,468 in Colwich). Garden Plain has the higher median home value ($221,800 vs $217,600 in Colwich).

Population, income & housing

	Colwich	Garden Plain
Population	1,616	1,055
Median age	32.7 yrs	27.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,468	$90,000
Median home value	$217,600	$221,800
Median gross rent	$1,264	$957
Housing units	597	350
Homeownership rate	78.7%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colwich	Garden Plain
Population	1,270 → 1,616 (+27.2%)	807 → 1,055 (+30.7%)
Median household income	$73,750 → $88,468 (+20.0%)	$74,250 → $90,000 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$149,600 → $217,600 (+45.5%)	$154,200 → $221,800 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $1,264 (+56.4%)	$725 → $957 (+32.0%)

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

Garden Plain

Population

8071,055

Median household income

$74,250$90,000

Median home value

$154,200$221,800

Median gross rent

$725$957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colwich	Garden Plain
Under 5	11.0%	10.6%
5 to 17	18.6%	27.1%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.2%	16.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	9.8%
65 to 74	7.1%	5.5%
75 and over	8.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colwich	Garden Plain
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colwich	Garden Plain
No high school diploma	2.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	27.2%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	10.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colwich	Garden Plain
Drove alone	79.4%	89.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	5.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colwich	Garden Plain
1-unit, detached	89.9%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Colwich	Garden Plain
Poverty rate	1.2%	13.1%
Average household size	2.82	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1975	1977