Atchison vs Lancaster

A side-by-side comparison of Atchison and Lancaster: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atchison has the higher population (10,795 vs 356 in Lancaster). Atchison has the higher median household income ($54,695 vs $44,375 in Lancaster). Atchison has the higher median home value ($130,200 vs $97,300 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Atchison	Lancaster
Population	10,795	356
Median age	29.9 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,695	$44,375
Median home value	$130,200	$97,300
Median gross rent	$736	$850
Housing units	4,161	154
Homeownership rate	62.1%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atchison	Lancaster
Population	10,598 → 10,795 (+1.9%)	245 → 356 (+45.3%)
Median household income	$46,465 → $54,695 (+17.7%)	$48,958 → $44,375 (-9.4%)
Median home value	$89,900 → $130,200 (+44.8%)	$85,000 → $97,300 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$615 → $736 (+19.7%)	$713 → $850 (+19.2%)

Atchison

Population

10,59810,795

Median household income

$46,465$54,695

Median home value

$89,900$130,200

Median gross rent

$615$736

Lancaster

Population

245356

Median household income

$48,958$44,375

Median home value

$85,000$97,300

Median gross rent

$713$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atchison	Lancaster
Under 5	6.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	18.5%	12.6%
18 to 24	20.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	10.3%	14.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	14.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	14.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	17.4%
65 to 74	7.6%	4.5%
75 and over	6.1%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atchison	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	97.2%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atchison	Lancaster
No high school diploma	4.7%	3.6%
High school graduate	38.0%	59.3%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atchison	Lancaster
Drove alone	72.9%	80.5%
Carpooled	8.6%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	1.1%
Other means	2.4%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atchison	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	77.6%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Atchison	Lancaster
Poverty rate	15.1%	26.1%
Average household size	2.49	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1962	1973