LeRoy vs New Strawn

A side-by-side comparison of LeRoy and New Strawn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

LeRoy has the higher population (461 vs 408 in New Strawn). New Strawn has the higher median household income ($110,000 vs $39,205 in LeRoy). New Strawn has the higher median home value ($157,500 vs $90,800 in LeRoy).

Population, income & housing

	LeRoy	New Strawn
Population	461	408
Median age	57.6 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$39,205	$110,000
Median home value	$90,800	$157,500
Median gross rent	$738	$819
Housing units	302	212
Homeownership rate	70.8%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	LeRoy	New Strawn
Population	617 → 461 (-25.3%)	408 → 408 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$43,125 → $39,205 (-9.1%)	$89,063 → $110,000 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$51,000 → $90,800 (+78.0%)	$132,200 → $157,500 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $738 (+14.2%)	$688 → $819 (+19.0%)

LeRoy

Population

617461

Median household income

$43,125$39,205

Median home value

$51,000$90,800

Median gross rent

$646$738

New Strawn

Population

408408

Median household income

$89,063$110,000

Median home value

$132,200$157,500

Median gross rent

$688$819

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	LeRoy	New Strawn
Under 5	0.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	8.2%	14.7%
18 to 24	11.7%	2.5%
25 to 34	4.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	29.5%	16.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	15.4%
75 and over	18.0%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	LeRoy	New Strawn
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	5.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	LeRoy	New Strawn
No high school diploma	11.8%	3.2%
High school graduate	46.8%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	LeRoy	New Strawn
Drove alone	100.0%	89.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	LeRoy	New Strawn
1-unit, detached	88.7%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	LeRoy	New Strawn
Poverty rate	20.4%	6.9%
Average household size	1.90	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	20	13
Median year structure built	1973	1978