Argonia vs Conway Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Argonia and Conway Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Conway Springs has the higher population (1,597 vs 573 in Argonia). Argonia has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $70,469 in Conway Springs). Argonia has the higher median home value ($117,500 vs $106,900 in Conway Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Argonia	Conway Springs
Population	573	1,597
Median age	45.2 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$70,469
Median home value	$117,500	$106,900
Median gross rent	$675	$974
Housing units	279	547
Homeownership rate	78.4%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Argonia	Conway Springs
Population	521 → 573 (+10.0%)	1,483 → 1,597 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$52,750 → $78,750 (+49.3%)	$54,667 → $70,469 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $117,500 (+40.2%)	$84,300 → $106,900 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $675 (+9.2%)	$717 → $974 (+35.8%)

Argonia

Population

521573

Median household income

$52,750$78,750

Median home value

$83,800$117,500

Median gross rent

$618$675

Conway Springs

Population

1,4831,597

Median household income

$54,667$70,469

Median home value

$84,300$106,900

Median gross rent

$717$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Argonia	Conway Springs
Under 5	4.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	23.0%	23.2%
18 to 24	3.7%	14.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	20.4%
35 to 44	4.2%	10.1%
45 to 54	21.5%	8.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	6.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	5.4%
75 and over	10.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Argonia	Conway Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.4%
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	4.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Argonia	Conway Springs
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	52.0%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Argonia	Conway Springs
Drove alone	63.7%	79.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.4%	6.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Argonia	Conway Springs
1-unit, detached	87.8%	87.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Argonia	Conway Springs
Poverty rate	7.3%	11.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1973	1966