Wellington, Kansas

Population

Down 1.8% since 2020.

7,541

people, the 49th-largest of Kansas's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Kansas's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates

The workday

5 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.

54.2%

of 2,599 jobs located in Wellington are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES

Rent

Median rent is up 41% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$733

a month. Kansas's median is $1,060.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $560 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Sumner County.

• $442 Tract 9623
• $1,002 Tract 9622

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Room to build

Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.

$821–$1,232

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.

• $733 median

Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year

Building

Most of the housing here is older than 2000.

• 14 homes permitted, 2022–2025
• 64% of those were in multifamily buildings
• 94% of all homes were built before 2000

Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year

Units needed

Closing the gap would add 0.3–0.7% to the 3,567 homes here.

12–26

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac

Home value

A median home costs 55% less than Kansas's.

$97,100

median home value in Wellington.

• $97,100 Wellington
• $217,200 Kansas
• $332,700 U.S.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year