Greenleaf vs Palmer

A side-by-side comparison of Greenleaf and Palmer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenleaf has the higher population (315 vs 138 in Palmer). Greenleaf has the higher median household income ($57,500 vs $46,250 in Palmer). Since 2019, Palmer's population has grown faster (-5.5% vs -21.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Greenleaf	Palmer
Population	315	138
Median age	39.7 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$46,250
Median home value	$83,300	—
Median gross rent	$661	$563
Housing units	155	66
Homeownership rate	69.4%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenleaf	Palmer
Population	400 → 315 (-21.3%)	146 → 138 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$36,875 → $57,500 (+55.9%)	$78,750 → $46,250 (-41.3%)
Median home value	$45,400 → $83,300 (+83.5%)	$83,500 → $93,800 (+12.3%)
Median gross rent	$418 → $661 (+58.1%)	$683 → $563 (-17.6%)

Greenleaf

Population

400315

Median household income

$36,875$57,500

Median home value

$45,400$83,300

Median gross rent

$418$661

Palmer

Population

146138

Median household income

$78,750$46,250

Median home value

$83,500$93,800

Median gross rent

$683$563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenleaf	Palmer
Under 5	4.4%	22.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	8.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	15.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	15.6%	8.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.1%	4.3%
65 to 74	8.3%	19.6%
75 and over	9.2%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenleaf	Palmer
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	24.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenleaf	Palmer
No high school diploma	9.3%	11.8%
High school graduate	49.1%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.5%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenleaf	Palmer
Drove alone	85.3%	86.8%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.5%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	9.1%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenleaf	Palmer
1-unit, detached	82.6%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenleaf	Palmer
Poverty rate	15.8%	23.9%
Average household size	2.28	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1938	1955