Baldwin City vs Lecompton

A side-by-side comparison of Baldwin City and Lecompton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Baldwin City has the higher population (4,881 vs 762 in Lecompton). Baldwin City has the higher median household income ($81,838 vs $79,375 in Lecompton). Baldwin City has the higher median home value ($242,100 vs $203,000 in Lecompton).

Population, income & housing

	Baldwin City	Lecompton
Population	4,881	762
Median age	29.9 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$81,838	$79,375
Median home value	$242,100	$203,000
Median gross rent	$1,020	$909
Housing units	1,569	310
Homeownership rate	68.6%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.9%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baldwin City	Lecompton
Population	4,670 → 4,881 (+4.5%)	749 → 762 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$72,757 → $81,838 (+12.5%)	$53,611 → $79,375 (+48.1%)
Median home value	$171,900 → $242,100 (+40.8%)	$107,700 → $203,000 (+88.5%)
Median gross rent	$870 → $1,020 (+17.2%)	$892 → $909 (+1.9%)

Baldwin City

Population

4,6704,881

Median household income

$72,757$81,838

Median home value

$171,900$242,100

Median gross rent

$870$1,020

Lecompton

Population

749762

Median household income

$53,611$79,375

Median home value

$107,700$203,000

Median gross rent

$892$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baldwin City	Lecompton
Under 5	8.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.3%	19.4%
18 to 24	20.7%	12.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	8.5%	13.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.5%
65 to 74	5.9%	7.3%
75 and over	6.4%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baldwin City	Lecompton
White (non-Hispanic)	86.8%	81.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.0%
Asian	4.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baldwin City	Lecompton
No high school diploma	1.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	23.2%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baldwin City	Lecompton
Drove alone	70.1%	92.3%
Carpooled	5.1%	3.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	10.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baldwin City	Lecompton
1-unit, detached	77.1%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	1.0%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Baldwin City	Lecompton
Poverty rate	4.9%	7.7%
Average household size	2.61	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1990	1973