Conway Springs vs Wellington

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

Conway Springs 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 1,597 in Conway Springs). Conway Springs has the higher median household income ($70,469 vs $49,526 in Wellington). Conway Springs has the higher median home value ($106,900 vs $90,000 in Wellington).

Population, income & housing

	Conway Springs	Wellington
Population	1,597	7,643
Median age	26.9 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,469	$49,526
Median home value	$106,900	$90,000
Median gross rent	$974	$786
Housing units	547	3,630
Homeownership rate	71.5%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conway Springs	Wellington
Population	1,483 → 1,597 (+7.7%)	7,788 → 7,643 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$54,667 → $70,469 (+28.9%)	$44,596 → $49,526 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$84,300 → $106,900 (+26.8%)	$75,400 → $90,000 (+19.4%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $974 (+35.8%)	$745 → $786 (+5.5%)

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

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)

	Conway Springs	Wellington
Under 5	5.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	23.2%	18.7%
18 to 24	14.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	20.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	14.8%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	6.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	5.4%	10.3%
75 and over	7.0%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conway Springs	Wellington
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	80.8%
Black or African American	2.4%	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	0.4%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conway Springs	Wellington
No high school diploma	3.5%	8.9%
High school graduate	25.6%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.6%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conway Springs	Wellington
Drove alone	79.2%	83.4%
Carpooled	2.6%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	6.4%	4.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conway Springs	Wellington
1-unit, detached	87.4%	73.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Conway Springs	Wellington
Poverty rate	11.3%	14.3%
Average household size	2.90	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1966	1960