Argonia vs Belle Plaine

A side-by-side comparison of Argonia and Belle Plaine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belle Plaine has the higher population (1,486 vs 573 in Argonia). Argonia has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $62,727 in Belle Plaine). Belle Plaine has the higher median home value ($121,500 vs $117,500 in Argonia).

Population, income & housing

	Argonia	Belle Plaine
Population	573	1,486
Median age	45.2 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$62,727
Median home value	$117,500	$121,500
Median gross rent	$675	$754
Housing units	279	726
Homeownership rate	78.4%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Argonia	Belle Plaine
Population	521 → 573 (+10.0%)	1,511 → 1,486 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$52,750 → $78,750 (+49.3%)	$60,398 → $62,727 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $117,500 (+40.2%)	$76,100 → $121,500 (+59.7%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $675 (+9.2%)	$747 → $754 (+0.9%)

Argonia

Population

521573

Median household income

$52,750$78,750

Median home value

$83,800$117,500

Median gross rent

$618$675

Belle Plaine

Population

1,5111,486

Median household income

$60,398$62,727

Median home value

$76,100$121,500

Median gross rent

$747$754

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Argonia	Belle Plaine
Under 5	4.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	23.0%	20.6%
18 to 24	3.7%	10.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	7.9%
35 to 44	4.2%	11.6%
45 to 54	21.5%	16.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	11.2%
65 to 74	7.2%	9.2%
75 and over	10.1%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Argonia	Belle Plaine
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Argonia	Belle Plaine
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	52.0%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Argonia	Belle Plaine
Drove alone	63.7%	76.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	13.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.4%	9.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Argonia	Belle Plaine
1-unit, detached	87.8%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Argonia	Belle Plaine
Poverty rate	7.3%	14.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1973	1956