Lancaster vs Muscotah

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

Lancaster and Muscotah 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 138 in Muscotah). Lancaster has the higher median home value ($97,300 vs $58,000 in Muscotah). Since 2019, Lancaster's population has grown faster (+45.3% vs -11.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Lancaster	Muscotah
Population	356	138
Median age	45.1 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,375	—
Median home value	$97,300	$58,000
Median gross rent	$850	$733
Housing units	154	81
Homeownership rate	85.9%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lancaster	Muscotah
Population	245 → 356 (+45.3%)	155 → 138 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$48,958 → $44,375 (-9.4%)	$36,875 → $58,125 (+57.6%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $97,300 (+14.5%)	$70,000 → $58,000 (-17.1%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $850 (+19.2%)	$488 → $733 (+50.2%)

Lancaster

Population

245356

Median household income

$48,958$44,375

Median home value

$85,000$97,300

Median gross rent

$713$850

Muscotah

Population

155138

Median household income

$36,875$58,125

Median home value

$70,000$58,000

Median gross rent

$488$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lancaster	Muscotah
Under 5	3.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	12.6%	7.2%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	14.0%	17.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	2.2%
45 to 54	14.9%	16.7%
55 to 64	17.4%	19.6%
65 to 74	4.5%	17.4%
75 and over	13.8%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lancaster	Muscotah
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	89.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lancaster	Muscotah
No high school diploma	3.6%	5.1%
High school graduate	59.3%	55.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lancaster	Muscotah
Drove alone	80.5%	83.9%
Carpooled	10.0%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.1%	7.1%
Other means	6.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lancaster	Muscotah
1-unit, detached	89.6%	81.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.5%
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	10.4%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Lancaster	Muscotah
Poverty rate	26.1%	13.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	16	32
Median year structure built	1973	1942