Gaylord vs Smith Center

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

Gaylord 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 85 in Gaylord). Smith Center has the higher median home value ($84,600 vs $52,700 in Gaylord). Since 2019, Smith Center's population has grown faster (+7.3% vs -48.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Gaylord	Smith Center
Population	85	1,585
Median age	61.6 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,963
Median home value	$52,700	$84,600
Median gross rent	$242	$646
Housing units	91	805
Homeownership rate	67.3%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gaylord	Smith Center
Population	164 → 85 (-48.2%)	1,477 → 1,585 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$34,583 → $39,792 (+15.1%)	$38,258 → $53,963 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$35,000 → $52,700 (+50.6%)	$64,700 → $84,600 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$185 → $242 (+30.8%)	$487 → $646 (+32.6%)

Gaylord

Population

16485

Median household income

$34,583$39,792

Median home value

$35,000$52,700

Median gross rent

$185$242

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)

	Gaylord	Smith Center
Under 5	1.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	8.2%	13.6%
18 to 24	3.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	5.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	3.5%	5.9%
55 to 64	37.6%	15.1%
65 to 74	5.9%	16.2%
75 and over	23.5%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gaylord	Smith Center
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	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	1.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gaylord	Smith Center
No high school diploma	14.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	40.5%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gaylord	Smith Center
Drove alone	90.9%	77.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	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)

	Gaylord	Smith Center
1-unit, detached	72.5%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	3.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Gaylord	Smith Center
Poverty rate	22.4%	11.2%
Average household size	1.55	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	31	10
Median year structure built	1961	1956