Rossville vs Wakarusa

A side-by-side comparison of Rossville and Wakarusa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rossville has the higher population (1,183 vs 207 in Wakarusa). Wakarusa has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $131,300 in Rossville). Since 2019, Rossville's population has grown faster (-5.2% vs -8.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Rossville	Wakarusa
Population	1,183	207
Median age	33.4 yrs	65.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,287	—
Median home value	$131,300	$225,000
Median gross rent	$970	—
Housing units	521	146
Homeownership rate	57.3%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	22.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rossville	Wakarusa
Population	1,248 → 1,183 (-5.2%)	226 → 207 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$62,083 → $58,287 (-6.1%)	$77,375 → $40,972 (-47.0%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $131,300 (+26.0%)	$185,000 → $225,000 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $970 (+12.4%)	—

Rossville

Population

1,2481,183

Median household income

$62,083$58,287

Median home value

$104,200$131,300

Median gross rent

$863$970

Wakarusa

Population

226207

Median household income

$77,375$40,972

Median home value

$185,000$225,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rossville	Wakarusa
Under 5	8.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	8.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.6%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.7%	2.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	22.7%
65 to 74	5.7%	48.8%
75 and over	9.4%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rossville	Wakarusa
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rossville	Wakarusa
No high school diploma	3.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	42.3%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rossville	Wakarusa
Drove alone	77.8%	91.2%
Carpooled	3.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	8.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rossville	Wakarusa
1-unit, detached	77.9%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	21.2%

Poverty & households

	Rossville	Wakarusa
Poverty rate	11.2%	7.7%
Average household size	2.48	1.70
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1963	1980