Derby vs Wichita

A side-by-side comparison of Derby and Wichita: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wichita has the higher population (396,488 vs 25,801 in Derby). Derby has the higher median household income ($82,089 vs $63,072 in Wichita). Derby has the higher median home value ($221,600 vs $179,500 in Wichita).

Population, income & housing

	Derby	Wichita
Population	25,801	396,488
Median age	35.2 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,089	$63,072
Median home value	$221,600	$179,500
Median gross rent	$1,082	$960
Housing units	10,770	175,539
Homeownership rate	67.8%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derby	Wichita
Population	24,067 → 25,801 (+7.2%)	389,877 → 396,488 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$73,322 → $82,089 (+12.0%)	$52,620 → $63,072 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$165,200 → $221,600 (+34.1%)	$133,400 → $179,500 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$951 → $1,082 (+13.8%)	$809 → $960 (+18.7%)

Derby

Population

24,06725,801

Median household income

$73,322$82,089

Median home value

$165,200$221,600

Median gross rent

$951$1,082

Wichita

Population

389,877396,488

Median household income

$52,620$63,072

Median home value

$133,400$179,500

Median gross rent

$809$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Derby	Wichita
Under 5	6.1%	6.3%
5 to 17	22.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.3%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.4%
75 and over	7.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derby	Wichita
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	60.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.5%
Asian	0.9%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derby	Wichita
No high school diploma	4.1%	12.0%
High school graduate	23.2%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derby	Wichita
Drove alone	85.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	5.8%	9.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.7%
Walked	0.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.6%	6.9%
Other means	1.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derby	Wichita
1-unit, detached	71.7%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	9.1%
20 or more units	2.4%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Derby	Wichita
Poverty rate	6.2%	15.9%
Average household size	2.48	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1990	1974