Tecumseh vs Wakarusa

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

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

Tecumseh has the higher population (339 vs 207 in Wakarusa). Wakarusa has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $138,100 in Tecumseh).

Population, income & housing

	Tecumseh	Wakarusa
Population	339	207
Median age	57.0 yrs	65.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,875	—
Median home value	$138,100	$225,000
Housing units	170	146
Homeownership rate	89.4%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	22.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tecumseh	Wakarusa
Population	369 → 339 (-8.1%)	226 → 207 (-8.4%)
Median household income	$62,988 → $71,875 (+14.1%)	$77,375 → $40,972 (-47.0%)
Median home value	$116,300 → $138,100 (+18.7%)	$185,000 → $225,000 (+21.6%)

Tecumseh

Population

369339

Median household income

$62,988$71,875

Median home value

$116,300$138,100

Wakarusa

Population

226207

Median household income

$77,375$40,972

Median home value

$185,000$225,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Tecumseh	Wakarusa
Under 5	8.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.5%	11.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	2.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	22.7%
65 to 74	23.9%	48.8%
75 and over	18.0%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tecumseh	Wakarusa
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tecumseh	Wakarusa
No high school diploma	8.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	50.8%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	20.3%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tecumseh	Wakarusa
Drove alone	100.0%	91.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tecumseh	Wakarusa
1-unit, detached	100.0%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.2%

Poverty & households

	Tecumseh	Wakarusa
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.7%
Average household size	1.99	1.70
Mean commute (minutes)	19	—
Median year structure built	1961	1980