Kahoka vs Wayland

A side-by-side comparison of Kahoka and Wayland: population, income, housing, and more.

Kahoka and Wayland are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kahoka has the higher population (2,083 vs 489 in Wayland). Since 2019, Kahoka's population has grown faster (-3.6% vs -17.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Kahoka	Wayland
Population	2,083	489
Median age	31.6 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$35,993	—
Median home value	$94,800	—
Median gross rent	$551	$606
Housing units	796	271
Homeownership rate	58.5%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	1.3%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kahoka	Wayland
Population	2,160 → 2,083 (-3.6%)	595 → 489 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$40,781 → $35,993 (-11.7%)	$39,844 → $21,875 (-45.1%)
Median home value	$81,700 → $94,800 (+16.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$533 → $551 (+3.4%)	$575 → $606 (+5.4%)

Kahoka

Population

2,1602,083

Median household income

$40,781$35,993

Median home value

$81,700$94,800

Median gross rent

$533$551

Wayland

Population

595489

Median household income

$39,844$21,875

Median gross rent

$575$606

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kahoka	Wayland
Under 5	6.6%	1.0%
5 to 17	24.6%	3.9%
18 to 24	10.7%	1.0%
25 to 34	11.1%	24.1%
35 to 44	6.2%	19.4%
45 to 54	9.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.5%	5.7%
65 to 74	13.3%	8.0%
75 and over	7.8%	23.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kahoka	Wayland
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kahoka	Wayland
No high school diploma	17.9%	7.6%
High school graduate	39.5%	52.8%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	38.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	1.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kahoka	Wayland
Drove alone	78.4%	95.2%
Carpooled	9.4%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kahoka	Wayland
1-unit, detached	65.8%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	21.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	35.8%

Poverty & households

	Kahoka	Wayland
Poverty rate	9.3%	8.4%
Average household size	3.21	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1968	1948