Collyer vs WaKeeney

A side-by-side comparison of Collyer and WaKeeney: population, income, housing, and more.

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

WaKeeney has the higher population (1,838 vs 87 in Collyer). WaKeeney has the higher median household income ($74,000 vs $72,500 in Collyer). WaKeeney has the higher median home value ($118,000 vs $83,100 in Collyer).

Population, income & housing

	Collyer	WaKeeney
Population	87	1,838
Median age	48.2 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$72,500	$74,000
Median home value	$83,100	$118,000
Median gross rent	—	$719
Housing units	78	945
Homeownership rate	94.0%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Collyer	WaKeeney
Population	79 → 87 (+10.1%)	1,949 → 1,838 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$35,625 → $72,500 (+103.5%)	$51,941 → $74,000 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $83,100 (+33.0%)	$87,500 → $118,000 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$587 → $719 (+22.5%)

Collyer

Population

7987

Median household income

$35,625$72,500

Median home value

$62,500$83,100

WaKeeney

Population

1,9491,838

Median household income

$51,941$74,000

Median home value

$87,500$118,000

Median gross rent

$587$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Collyer	WaKeeney
Under 5	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	5.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	24.1%	2.9%
25 to 34	9.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.0%	16.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	21.8%	16.9%
65 to 74	17.2%	10.6%
75 and over	3.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Collyer	WaKeeney
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	94.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Collyer	WaKeeney
No high school diploma	4.9%	3.0%
High school graduate	31.1%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	55.7%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Collyer	WaKeeney
Drove alone	90.4%	73.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Collyer	WaKeeney
1-unit, detached	97.4%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Collyer	WaKeeney
Poverty rate	17.2%	6.7%
Average household size	1.68	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	14	13
Median year structure built	1946	1961