Wellington is home to 7,615 people in Kansas. The typical home is worth $97,100, having risen by half since 2000. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 21% of adults. The foreign-born share is 1%. Households here earn about 32% less than in Kansas as a whole. Median rent is $733 a month.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $50,333, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
21% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 8%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Wellington
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate8.2% → 16.4%(+8.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Homes owned by their occupants69.4% → 62.3%(−7.1 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
White share89.8% → 79.3%(−10.5 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)16.2%(82)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)13.4%(68)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era35.3%(179)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.6%(13)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.2%(1)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 507 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Wellington, decade by decade
Wellington population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
8,400
$59,651
$88,323
12.4%
23.5
2000
8,647
$64,505
$105,109
15.3%
26.3
2010
8,172
$59,974
$102,858
17.0%
31.8
2020
7,715
$58,516
$100,236
23.1%
40.6
2024
7,615
$50,333
$97,100
21.3%
44.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
