Longton vs Moline

A side-by-side comparison of Longton and Moline: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moline has the higher population (375 vs 286 in Longton). Longton has the higher median household income ($40,938 vs $33,125 in Moline). Longton has the higher median home value ($36,000 vs $28,300 in Moline).

Population, income & housing

	Longton	Moline
Population	286	375
Median age	50.8 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$40,938	$33,125
Median home value	$36,000	$28,300
Median gross rent	—	$625
Housing units	169	215
Homeownership rate	91.9%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	13.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Longton	Moline
Population	340 → 286 (-15.9%)	399 → 375 (-6.0%)
Median household income	$30,625 → $40,938 (+33.7%)	$28,839 → $33,125 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$28,200 → $36,000 (+27.7%)	$32,500 → $28,300 (-12.9%)
Median gross rent	$473 → $625 (+32.1%)	$710 → $625 (-12.0%)

Longton

Population

340286

Median household income

$30,625$40,938

Median home value

$28,200$36,000

Median gross rent

$473$625

Moline

Population

399375

Median household income

$28,839$33,125

Median home value

$32,500$28,300

Median gross rent

$710$625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Longton	Moline
Under 5	4.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	14.0%	11.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	6.1%
25 to 34	5.6%	2.7%
35 to 44	6.3%	9.9%
45 to 54	17.5%	10.1%
55 to 64	17.5%	29.6%
65 to 74	14.7%	12.0%
75 and over	10.8%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Longton	Moline
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Longton	Moline
No high school diploma	1.4%	13.7%
High school graduate	38.6%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Longton	Moline
Drove alone	92.2%	71.4%
Carpooled	2.0%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	18.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Longton	Moline
1-unit, detached	84.0%	89.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Longton	Moline
Poverty rate	17.5%	26.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1955	1938