Rossville vs Willard

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

Rossville and Willard 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 71 in Willard). Willard has the higher median household income ($65,455 vs $58,287 in Rossville). Since 2019, Rossville's population has grown faster (-5.2% vs -12.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Rossville	Willard
Population	1,183	71
Median age	33.4 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,287	$65,455
Median home value	$131,300	—
Median gross rent	$970	$1,083
Housing units	521	38
Homeownership rate	57.3%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rossville	Willard
Population	1,248 → 1,183 (-5.2%)	81 → 71 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$62,083 → $58,287 (-6.1%)	$39,375 → $65,455 (+66.2%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $131,300 (+26.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$863 → $970 (+12.4%)	$788 → $1,083 (+37.4%)

Rossville

Population

1,2481,183

Median household income

$62,083$58,287

Median home value

$104,200$131,300

Median gross rent

$863$970

Willard

Population

8171

Median household income

$39,375$65,455

Median gross rent

$788$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rossville	Willard
Under 5	8.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	8.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	17.7%	8.5%
35 to 44	9.6%	9.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	28.2%
55 to 64	10.1%	5.6%
65 to 74	5.7%	16.9%
75 and over	9.4%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rossville	Willard
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.4%
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%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rossville	Willard
No high school diploma	3.8%	3.5%
High school graduate	42.3%	57.9%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rossville	Willard
Drove alone	77.8%	87.2%
Carpooled	3.5%	5.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	7.7%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rossville	Willard
1-unit, detached	77.9%	65.8%
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%	34.2%

Poverty & households

	Rossville	Willard
Poverty rate	11.2%	7.0%
Average household size	2.48	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	21	26
Median year structure built	1963	1957