Lansing vs Niles

A side-by-side comparison of Lansing and Niles: population, income, housing, and more.

Lansing and Niles are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Niles has the higher population (30,262 vs 28,415 in Lansing). Niles has the higher median household income ($78,563 vs $71,805 in Lansing). Niles has the higher median home value ($350,900 vs $168,500 in Lansing).

Population, income & housing

	Lansing	Niles
Population	28,415	30,262
Median age	40.1 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,805	$78,563
Median home value	$168,500	$350,900
Median gross rent	$1,271	$1,247
Housing units	12,081	11,808
Homeownership rate	69.8%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	39.0%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansing	Niles
Population	27,904 → 28,415 (+1.8%)	29,451 → 30,262 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$53,940 → $71,805 (+33.1%)	$64,772 → $78,563 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$129,900 → $168,500 (+29.7%)	$284,400 → $350,900 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,004 → $1,271 (+26.6%)	$1,141 → $1,247 (+9.3%)

Lansing

Population

27,90428,415

Median household income

$53,940$71,805

Median home value

$129,900$168,500

Median gross rent

$1,004$1,271

Niles

Population

29,45130,262

Median household income

$64,772$78,563

Median home value

$284,400$350,900

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,247

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lansing	Niles
Under 5	3.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	20.3%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	15.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.5%
75 and over	6.0%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansing	Niles
White (non-Hispanic)	25.2%	61.2%
Black or African American	51.5%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	20.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	14.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansing	Niles
No high school diploma	7.1%	11.6%
High school graduate	29.6%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.1%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansing	Niles
Drove alone	78.4%	71.0%
Carpooled	6.0%	11.7%
Public transit	3.3%	4.6%
Walked	1.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.9%
Worked from home	8.5%	9.9%
Other means	2.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansing	Niles
1-unit, detached	71.5%	53.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	14.0%	10.1%
20 or more units	6.5%	22.1%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Lansing	Niles
Poverty rate	16.0%	8.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	33	29
Median year structure built	1966	1965