Ogallah vs WaKeeney

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

Ogallah 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 12 in Ogallah). Since 2019, Ogallah's population has grown faster (+20.0% vs -5.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Ogallah	WaKeeney
Population	12	1,838
Median age	—	44.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$74,000
Median home value	—	$118,000
Median gross rent	—	$719
Housing units	12	945
Homeownership rate	100.0%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	—	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ogallah	WaKeeney
Population	10 → 12 (+20.0%)	1,949 → 1,838 (-5.7%)
Median household income	—	$51,941 → $74,000 (+42.5%)
Median home value	—	$87,500 → $118,000 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$587 → $719 (+22.5%)

Ogallah

Population

1012

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)

	Ogallah	WaKeeney
Under 5	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	16.9%
65 to 74	100.0%	10.6%
75 and over	0.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ogallah	WaKeeney
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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+

	Ogallah	WaKeeney
No high school diploma	0.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ogallah	WaKeeney
Drove alone	—	73.4%
Carpooled	—	13.8%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	3.6%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	9.2%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ogallah	WaKeeney
1-unit, detached	100.0%	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	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Ogallah	WaKeeney
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.7%
Average household size	—	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	—	13
Median year structure built	—	1961