Athol vs Smith Center

A side-by-side comparison of Athol and Smith Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Smith Center has the higher population (1,585 vs 62 in Athol). Athol has the higher median household income ($59,063 vs $53,963 in Smith Center). Smith Center has the higher median home value ($84,600 vs $66,400 in Athol).

Population, income & housing

	Athol	Smith Center
Population	62	1,585
Median age	41.8 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,063	$53,963
Median home value	$66,400	$84,600
Median gross rent	—	$646
Housing units	24	805
Homeownership rate	89.5%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.4%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Athol	Smith Center
Population	34 → 62 (+82.4%)	1,477 → 1,585 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$53,000 → $59,063 (+11.4%)	$38,258 → $53,963 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$68,300 → $66,400 (-2.8%)	$64,700 → $84,600 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$487 → $646 (+32.6%)

Athol

Population

3462

Median household income

$53,000$59,063

Median home value

$68,300$66,400

Smith Center

Population

1,4771,585

Median household income

$38,258$53,963

Median home value

$64,700$84,600

Median gross rent

$487$646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Athol	Smith Center
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	33.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	19.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	3.2%	5.9%
55 to 64	17.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	24.2%	16.2%
75 and over	1.6%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Athol	Smith Center
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Athol	Smith Center
No high school diploma	17.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	43.9%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.4%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Athol	Smith Center
Drove alone	100.0%	77.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Athol	Smith Center
1-unit, detached	100.0%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Athol	Smith Center
Poverty rate	3.2%	11.2%
Average household size	3.26	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	58	10
Median year structure built	1938	1956