Colwich vs Kechi

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

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

Kechi has the higher population (2,935 vs 1,616 in Colwich). Kechi has the higher median household income ($102,794 vs $88,468 in Colwich). Kechi has the higher median home value ($264,200 vs $217,600 in Colwich).

Population, income & housing

	Colwich	Kechi
Population	1,616	2,935
Median age	32.7 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,468	$102,794
Median home value	$217,600	$264,200
Median gross rent	$1,264	$1,610
Housing units	597	1,034
Homeownership rate	78.7%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	55.2%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colwich	Kechi
Population	1,270 → 1,616 (+27.2%)	2,745 → 2,935 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$73,750 → $88,468 (+20.0%)	$98,873 → $102,794 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$149,600 → $217,600 (+45.5%)	$190,000 → $264,200 (+39.1%)
Median gross rent	$808 → $1,264 (+56.4%)	$1,551 → $1,610 (+3.8%)

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

Kechi

Population

2,7452,935

Median household income

$98,873$102,794

Median home value

$190,000$264,200

Median gross rent

$1,551$1,610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colwich	Kechi
Under 5	11.0%	13.9%
5 to 17	18.6%	13.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	3.4%
25 to 34	15.2%	15.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	11.7%
65 to 74	7.1%	9.1%
75 and over	8.1%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colwich	Kechi
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	68.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	12.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	2.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colwich	Kechi
No high school diploma	2.0%	3.3%
High school graduate	27.2%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	22.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colwich	Kechi
Drove alone	79.4%	80.3%
Carpooled	10.2%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.2%	7.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colwich	Kechi
1-unit, detached	89.9%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	7.4%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Colwich	Kechi
Poverty rate	1.2%	2.3%
Average household size	2.82	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	1975	1997