Kinsley vs Lewis

A side-by-side comparison of Kinsley and Lewis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kinsley has the higher population (1,342 vs 477 in Lewis). Kinsley has the higher median household income ($48,935 vs $38,563 in Lewis). Kinsley has the higher median home value ($59,900 vs $49,200 in Lewis).

Population, income & housing

	Kinsley	Lewis
Population	1,342	477
Median age	41.4 yrs	27.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,935	$38,563
Median home value	$59,900	$49,200
Median gross rent	$739	$625
Housing units	778	216
Homeownership rate	77.2%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	8.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kinsley	Lewis
Population	1,515 → 1,342 (-11.4%)	393 → 477 (+21.4%)
Median household income	$49,138 → $48,935 (-0.4%)	$40,982 → $38,563 (-5.9%)
Median home value	$52,100 → $59,900 (+15.0%)	$63,400 → $49,200 (-22.4%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $739 (+18.2%)	$575 → $625 (+8.7%)

Kinsley

Population

1,5151,342

Median household income

$49,138$48,935

Median home value

$52,100$59,900

Median gross rent

$625$739

Lewis

Population

393477

Median household income

$40,982$38,563

Median home value

$63,400$49,200

Median gross rent

$575$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kinsley	Lewis
Under 5	6.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.7%	24.5%
18 to 24	3.9%	14.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.1%
35 to 44	16.8%	5.2%
45 to 54	10.7%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	17.6%
65 to 74	11.4%	5.5%
75 and over	8.3%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kinsley	Lewis
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	48.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	1.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.5%	49.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kinsley	Lewis
No high school diploma	12.9%	29.7%
High school graduate	36.0%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	30.6%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kinsley	Lewis
Drove alone	77.1%	73.9%
Carpooled	12.2%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.3%	10.1%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kinsley	Lewis
1-unit, detached	92.8%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	1.4%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Kinsley	Lewis
Poverty rate	16.5%	35.4%
Average household size	2.19	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1950	1955