Cedar vs Smith Center

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

Cedar 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 7 in Cedar). Since 2019, Smith Center's population has grown faster (+7.3% vs -72.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar	Smith Center
Population	7	1,585
Median age	—	46.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,963
Median home value	—	$84,600
Median gross rent	—	$646
Housing units	12	805
Homeownership rate	100.0%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	—	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar	Smith Center
Population	25 → 7 (-72.0%)	1,477 → 1,585 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $60,833 (+3.5%)	$38,258 → $53,963 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $80,000 (+23.1%)	$64,700 → $84,600 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$487 → $646 (+32.6%)

Cedar

Population

257

Median household income

$58,750$60,833

Median home value

$65,000$80,000

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)

	Cedar	Smith Center
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	5.9%
55 to 64	0.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	100.0%	16.2%
75 and over	0.0%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar	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+

	Cedar	Smith Center
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	0.0%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

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

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar	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

	Cedar	Smith Center
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.2%
Average household size	1.75	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	—	10
Median year structure built	1938	1956