Wallace vs Weskan

A side-by-side comparison of Wallace and Weskan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Weskan has the higher population (163 vs 54 in Wallace). Weskan has the higher median home value ($97,900 vs $65,900 in Wallace). Since 2019, Weskan's population has grown faster (+18.1% vs +0.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Wallace	Weskan
Population	54	163
Median age	60.5 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median home value	$65,900	$97,900
Median gross rent	—	$650
Housing units	35	82
Homeownership rate	82.1%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.9%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wallace	Weskan
Population	54 → 54 (+0.0%)	138 → 163 (+18.1%)
Median household income	$31,667 → $40,000 (+26.3%)	—
Median home value	$95,800 → $65,900 (-31.2%)	$86,700 → $97,900 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$425 → $650 (+52.9%)

Wallace

Population

5454

Median household income

$31,667$40,000

Median home value

$95,800$65,900

Weskan

Population

138163

Median home value

$86,700$97,900

Median gross rent

$425$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Wallace	Weskan
Under 5	0.0%	12.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	9.8%
25 to 34	9.3%	20.9%
35 to 44	14.8%	1.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	27.8%	12.9%
65 to 74	42.6%	11.0%
75 and over	0.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wallace	Weskan
White (non-Hispanic)	75.9%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	24.1%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wallace	Weskan
No high school diploma	3.9%	1.0%
High school graduate	25.5%	50.0%
Some college or associate's	64.7%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.9%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wallace	Weskan
Drove alone	100.0%	67.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	19.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wallace	Weskan
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Wallace	Weskan
Poverty rate	27.8%	1.8%
Average household size	1.93	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	14	16
Median year structure built	1972	1973