Population
736 residents
Census ACS 2023 - Kansas
City profile · Kansas · Census ACS 2023
Population, income, housing, safety, climate and schools for Wilroads Gardens - drawn straight from Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA, NCES, HUD and FEMA, refreshed on the 2024–2025 release cycle.
Wilroads Gardens - the verdict
736 people call Wilroads Gardens, Kansas home. Source: Census ACS.
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
736 people live in Wilroads Gardens, Kansas - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Wilroads Gardens's housing stock carries a median value of $93,000, and the median resident age is 43.4 years. Educational attainment runs 2.8% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 52.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in Kansas run below the national norm: the state registers 90.1 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $969 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Kansas's average monthly utility costs around $217 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 51.7 out of 100 (Low).
Population
736 residents
Census ACS 2023 - Kansas
Median Household Income
N/A /yr
Poverty 19.3%
Cost of Living Index (state)
90.1 (US=100)
Well Below Average - BEA RPP 2024, Kansas average
Wilroads Gardens measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
For each metric we count every US city with population 1,000+ and a non-null value, then compute what share of them fall below Wilroads Gardens's value: round(cities-below ÷ total × 100). Safety is inverted (percentile = share of cities with a higher crime rate) so a higher number always means safer. The in-state rank narrows that same crime-rate comparison to only the cities PlainCities tracks in Kansas, breaking ties alphabetically. See the methodology page for the full source-to-figure lineage.
How Wilroads Gardens's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$93,000 Among the most affordable more affordable than 93% of 15,600 US cities
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Median household income is not available for Wilroads Gardens in the current Census ACS release (common for very small places).
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Based on 280 workers 16 and over.
State-average estimates for Kansas - EIA 2023 residential energy data
Estimates reflect Kansas state averages. Actual costs vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Cost of living is a Kansas state average from BEA; rent and hazard risk are county-level figures from HUD and FEMA for the county Wilroads Gardens sits in
Population-matched peers from other states, closest to Wilroads Gardens's 736 residents (Census ACS 5-Year 2023).
City-level race and ethnicity, Census ACS 5-year 2023 (tables B02001, B03001), OMB Directive 15 categories.
Population + median household income, sourced from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 (population) and B19013 (median household income).
| City | Population | Median Household Income |
|---|---|---|
| Wilroads Gardens (this city) | 736 | N/A |
| Frankfort | 731 | $77,917 |
| Waterville | 748 | $70,625 |
| Mount Hope | 754 | $76,667 |
736 people live in Wilroads Gardens, KS according to U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates.
BEA does not publish a city-level cost-of-living figure for Wilroads Gardens; the closest available measure is the Kansas state average, a cost of living index of 90.1 (U.S. average = 100), rated "Well Below Average" based on BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 data. Costs within Kansas vary by metro area.
Homes in Wilroads Gardens carry a median value of $93,000, according to Census ACS 2023 estimates.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Primary sources: Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES.
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