Colony vs Lone Elm

A side-by-side comparison of Colony and Lone Elm: population, income, housing, and more.

Colony and Lone Elm are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Colony has the higher population (310 vs 34 in Lone Elm). Lone Elm has the higher median household income ($56,369 vs $42,083 in Colony). Colony has the higher median home value ($51,400 vs $28,200 in Lone Elm).

Population, income & housing

	Colony	Lone Elm
Population	310	34
Median age	48.5 yrs	80.2 yrs
Median household income	$42,083	$56,369
Median home value	$51,400	$28,200
Median gross rent	$437	—
Housing units	246	27
Homeownership rate	59.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	75.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colony	Lone Elm
Population	487 → 310 (-36.3%)	10 → 34 (+240.0%)
Median household income	$44,167 → $42,083 (-4.7%)	$51,765 → $56,369 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$52,600 → $51,400 (-2.3%)	$131,300 → $28,200 (-78.5%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $437 (-18.6%)	—

Colony

Population

487310

Median household income

$44,167$42,083

Median home value

$52,600$51,400

Median gross rent

$537$437

Lone Elm

Population

1034

Median household income

$51,765$56,369

Median home value

$131,300$28,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colony	Lone Elm
Under 5	1.9%	11.8%
5 to 17	9.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	16.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	2.6%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	14.5%	5.9%
55 to 64	16.1%	2.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	5.9%
75 and over	13.9%	64.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colony	Lone Elm
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colony	Lone Elm
No high school diploma	15.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	43.0%	83.3%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colony	Lone Elm
Drove alone	80.1%	60.0%
Carpooled	13.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	40.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colony	Lone Elm
1-unit, detached	87.8%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Colony	Lone Elm
Poverty rate	28.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.66	1.26
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1943	1938