Effingham vs Lancaster

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

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

Effingham has the higher population (644 vs 356 in Lancaster). Effingham has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $44,375 in Lancaster). Effingham has the higher median home value ($99,900 vs $97,300 in Lancaster).

Population, income & housing

	Effingham	Lancaster
Population	644	356
Median age	56.3 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$44,375
Median home value	$99,900	$97,300
Median gross rent	$846	$850
Housing units	350	154
Homeownership rate	80.9%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Effingham	Lancaster
Population	509 → 644 (+26.5%)	245 → 356 (+45.3%)
Median household income	$43,472 → $63,750 (+46.6%)	$48,958 → $44,375 (-9.4%)
Median home value	$75,300 → $99,900 (+32.7%)	$85,000 → $97,300 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$595 → $846 (+42.2%)	$713 → $850 (+19.2%)

Effingham

Population

509644

Median household income

$43,472$63,750

Median home value

$75,300$99,900

Median gross rent

$595$846

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)

	Effingham	Lancaster
Under 5	5.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	5.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.2%	14.0%
35 to 44	1.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	19.6%	14.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	17.4%
65 to 74	30.0%	4.5%
75 and over	11.2%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Effingham	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Effingham	Lancaster
No high school diploma	4.0%	3.6%
High school graduate	33.3%	59.3%
Some college or associate's	54.0%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.3%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Effingham	Lancaster
Drove alone	83.1%	80.5%
Carpooled	5.1%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	1.1%
Other means	0.5%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Effingham	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	85.4%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Effingham	Lancaster
Poverty rate	3.9%	26.1%
Average household size	1.98	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1964	1973