Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.26 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Wellington does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Wellington is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.35% of adults 25 and older in Wellington have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Wellington in 2022 was $26,472, which is low income relative to Kansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,888 for a family of four. However, Wellington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Wellington is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Wellington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wellington residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Wellington also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.83% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Wellington include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Wellington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
