Argonia vs Wellington

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

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

Wellington has the higher population (7,643 vs 573 in Argonia). Argonia has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $49,526 in Wellington). Argonia has the higher median home value ($117,500 vs $90,000 in Wellington).

Population, income & housing

	Argonia	Wellington
Population	573	7,643
Median age	45.2 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$49,526
Median home value	$117,500	$90,000
Median gross rent	$675	$786
Housing units	279	3,630
Homeownership rate	78.4%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Argonia	Wellington
Population	521 → 573 (+10.0%)	7,788 → 7,643 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$52,750 → $78,750 (+49.3%)	$44,596 → $49,526 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $117,500 (+40.2%)	$75,400 → $90,000 (+19.4%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $675 (+9.2%)	$745 → $786 (+5.5%)

Argonia

Population

521573

Median household income

$52,750$78,750

Median home value

$83,800$117,500

Median gross rent

$618$675

Wellington

Population

7,7887,643

Median household income

$44,596$49,526

Median home value

$75,400$90,000

Median gross rent

$745$786

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Argonia	Wellington
Under 5	4.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	23.0%	18.7%
18 to 24	3.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	4.2%	14.8%
45 to 54	21.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	10.3%
75 and over	10.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Argonia	Wellington
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Argonia	Wellington
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.9%
High school graduate	52.0%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Argonia	Wellington
Drove alone	63.7%	83.4%
Carpooled	2.7%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	31.4%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Argonia	Wellington
1-unit, detached	87.8%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Argonia	Wellington
Poverty rate	7.3%	14.3%
Average household size	2.48	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1973	1960