Belle Plaine vs Wellington

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

Belle Plaine 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 1,486 in Belle Plaine). Belle Plaine has the higher median household income ($62,727 vs $49,526 in Wellington). Belle Plaine has the higher median home value ($121,500 vs $90,000 in Wellington).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Plaine	Wellington
Population	1,486	7,643
Median age	40.5 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,727	$49,526
Median home value	$121,500	$90,000
Median gross rent	$754	$786
Housing units	726	3,630
Homeownership rate	59.2%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.3%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Plaine	Wellington
Population	1,511 → 1,486 (-1.7%)	7,788 → 7,643 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$60,398 → $62,727 (+3.9%)	$44,596 → $49,526 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$76,100 → $121,500 (+59.7%)	$75,400 → $90,000 (+19.4%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $754 (+0.9%)	$745 → $786 (+5.5%)

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

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)

	Belle Plaine	Wellington
Under 5	4.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	20.6%	18.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	7.9%	9.2%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.8%
45 to 54	16.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	10.3%
75 and over	8.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Plaine	Wellington
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.5%
Asian	1.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Plaine	Wellington
No high school diploma	8.3%	8.9%
High school graduate	26.3%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Plaine	Wellington
Drove alone	76.2%	83.4%
Carpooled	13.9%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.4%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Plaine	Wellington
1-unit, detached	89.8%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Belle Plaine	Wellington
Poverty rate	14.5%	14.3%
Average household size	2.31	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	30	18
Median year structure built	1956	1960