Huron vs Lancaster

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

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

Lancaster has the higher population (356 vs 33 in Huron). Huron has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $44,375 in Lancaster). Since 2019, Lancaster's population has grown faster (+45.3% vs -57.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Huron	Lancaster
Population	33	356
Median age	51.3 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$44,375
Median home value	—	$97,300
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	20	154
Homeownership rate	87.5%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.6%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	14.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Huron	Lancaster
Population	77 → 33 (-57.1%)	245 → 356 (+45.3%)
Median household income	$24,375 → $61,250 (+151.3%)	$48,958 → $44,375 (-9.4%)
Median home value	—	$85,000 → $97,300 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$713 → $850 (+19.2%)

Huron

Population

7733

Median household income

$24,375$61,250

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)

	Huron	Lancaster
Under 5	3.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	12.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.0%
45 to 54	30.3%	14.9%
55 to 64	21.2%	17.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	4.5%
75 and over	6.1%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Huron	Lancaster
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.0%	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	6.1%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Huron	Lancaster
No high school diploma	3.6%	3.6%
High school graduate	50.0%	59.3%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Huron	Lancaster
Drove alone	83.3%	80.5%
Carpooled	16.7%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	6.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Huron	Lancaster
1-unit, detached	55.0%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	45.0%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Huron	Lancaster
Poverty rate	3.0%	26.1%
Average household size	2.06	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	30	16
Median year structure built	1960	1973