Paxico vs Wabaunsee

A side-by-side comparison of Paxico and Wabaunsee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Paxico has the higher population (231 vs 76 in Wabaunsee). Wabaunsee has the higher median household income ($70,385 vs $61,250 in Paxico). Wabaunsee has the higher median home value ($204,200 vs $132,000 in Paxico).

Population, income & housing

	Paxico	Wabaunsee
Population	231	76
Median age	48.6 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$70,385
Median home value	$132,000	$204,200
Median gross rent	$342	—
Housing units	93	52
Homeownership rate	81.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paxico	Wabaunsee
Population	280 → 231 (-17.5%)	174 → 76 (-56.3%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $61,250 (+48.5%)	$61,146 → $70,385 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$93,900 → $132,000 (+40.6%)	$105,000 → $204,200 (+94.5%)
Median gross rent	$313 → $342 (+9.3%)	—

Paxico

Population

280231

Median household income

$41,250$61,250

Median home value

$93,900$132,000

Median gross rent

$313$342

Wabaunsee

Population

17476

Median household income

$61,146$70,385

Median home value

$105,000$204,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paxico	Wabaunsee
Under 5	4.8%	9.2%
5 to 17	16.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	14.5%
35 to 44	7.4%	30.3%
45 to 54	21.6%	9.2%
55 to 64	21.2%	36.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	0.0%
75 and over	9.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paxico	Wabaunsee
White (non-Hispanic)	74.0%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	22.4%
Two or more races	16.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paxico	Wabaunsee
No high school diploma	0.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.0%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	60.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paxico	Wabaunsee
Drove alone	87.3%	67.8%
Carpooled	0.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	32.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paxico	Wabaunsee
1-unit, detached	80.6%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Paxico	Wabaunsee
Poverty rate	2.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.66	1.73
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1969	1955