Fredonia vs Neodesha

A side-by-side comparison of Fredonia and Neodesha: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Neodesha has the higher population (2,311 vs 2,113 in Fredonia). Fredonia has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $48,532 in Neodesha). Neodesha has the higher median home value ($88,500 vs $87,700 in Fredonia).

Population, income & housing

	Fredonia	Neodesha
Population	2,113	2,311
Median age	42.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$48,532
Median home value	$87,700	$88,500
Median gross rent	$712	$784
Housing units	1,143	1,177
Homeownership rate	60.4%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.9%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fredonia	Neodesha
Population	2,141 → 2,113 (-1.3%)	2,083 → 2,311 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$44,178 → $61,250 (+38.6%)	$40,711 → $48,532 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $87,700 (+18.5%)	$58,700 → $88,500 (+50.8%)
Median gross rent	$695 → $712 (+2.4%)	$605 → $784 (+29.6%)

Fredonia

Population

2,1412,113

Median household income

$44,178$61,250

Median home value

$74,000$87,700

Median gross rent

$695$712

Neodesha

Population

2,0832,311

Median household income

$40,711$48,532

Median home value

$58,700$88,500

Median gross rent

$605$784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fredonia	Neodesha
Under 5	4.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.0%	24.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.3%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.9%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	7.5%
75 and over	15.8%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fredonia	Neodesha
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fredonia	Neodesha
No high school diploma	6.9%	9.9%
High school graduate	47.3%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fredonia	Neodesha
Drove alone	78.7%	80.5%
Carpooled	16.1%	11.1%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.5%	2.0%
Other means	0.3%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fredonia	Neodesha
1-unit, detached	89.6%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	1.4%
20 or more units	1.7%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Fredonia	Neodesha
Poverty rate	19.0%	16.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	12	23
Median year structure built	1964	1957