Lawrence vs Lecompton

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

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

Lawrence has the higher population (95,459 vs 762 in Lecompton). Lecompton has the higher median household income ($79,375 vs $62,838 in Lawrence). Lawrence has the higher median home value ($269,500 vs $203,000 in Lecompton).

Population, income & housing

	Lawrence	Lecompton
Population	95,459	762
Median age	29.2 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,838	$79,375
Median home value	$269,500	$203,000
Median gross rent	$1,054	$909
Housing units	44,034	310
Homeownership rate	42.9%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lawrence	Lecompton
Population	96,369 → 95,459 (-0.9%)	749 → 762 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$53,639 → $62,838 (+17.1%)	$53,611 → $79,375 (+48.1%)
Median home value	$195,500 → $269,500 (+37.9%)	$107,700 → $203,000 (+88.5%)
Median gross rent	$924 → $1,054 (+14.1%)	$892 → $909 (+1.9%)

Lawrence

Population

96,36995,459

Median household income

$53,639$62,838

Median home value

$195,500$269,500

Median gross rent

$924$1,054

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)

	Lawrence	Lecompton
Under 5	4.4%	5.5%
5 to 17	12.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	26.6%	12.3%
25 to 34	15.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.4%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	13.5%
55 to 64	7.8%	16.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	7.3%
75 and over	4.8%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lawrence	Lecompton
White (non-Hispanic)	73.7%	81.1%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	1.0%
Asian	5.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lawrence	Lecompton
No high school diploma	4.2%	6.1%
High school graduate	17.2%	49.6%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	25.4%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lawrence	Lecompton
Drove alone	68.7%	92.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	3.2%
Public transit	3.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.1%	3.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lawrence	Lecompton
1-unit, detached	45.9%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.9%	1.0%
20 or more units	12.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Lawrence	Lecompton
Poverty rate	17.6%	7.7%
Average household size	2.14	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	20	30
Median year structure built	1988	1973