Ellsworth vs Lorraine

A side-by-side comparison of Ellsworth and Lorraine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ellsworth has the higher population (3,098 vs 152 in Lorraine). Ellsworth has the higher median household income ($65,357 vs $55,750 in Lorraine). Ellsworth has the higher median home value ($143,600 vs $50,000 in Lorraine).

Population, income & housing

	Ellsworth	Lorraine
Population	3,098	152
Median age	40.5 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,357	$55,750
Median home value	$143,600	$50,000
Median gross rent	$693	—
Housing units	1,091	64
Homeownership rate	75.6%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellsworth	Lorraine
Population	3,013 → 3,098 (+2.8%)	139 → 152 (+9.4%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $65,357 (+30.7%)	$39,500 → $55,750 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$111,300 → $143,600 (+29.0%)	$61,000 → $50,000 (-18.0%)
Median gross rent	$641 → $693 (+8.1%)	—

Ellsworth

Population

3,0133,098

Median household income

$50,000$65,357

Median home value

$111,300$143,600

Median gross rent

$641$693

Lorraine

Population

139152

Median household income

$39,500$55,750

Median home value

$61,000$50,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellsworth	Lorraine
Under 5	4.9%	1.3%
5 to 17	11.2%	36.8%
18 to 24	5.8%	2.0%
25 to 34	18.9%	15.8%
35 to 44	17.1%	21.7%
45 to 54	10.9%	3.3%
55 to 64	13.1%	5.9%
65 to 74	7.5%	5.9%
75 and over	10.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellsworth	Lorraine
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	81.6%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellsworth	Lorraine
No high school diploma	8.5%	5.5%
High school graduate	34.9%	53.8%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	37.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellsworth	Lorraine
Drove alone	84.1%	68.9%
Carpooled	9.1%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	25.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellsworth	Lorraine
1-unit, detached	83.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ellsworth	Lorraine
Poverty rate	6.5%	19.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1962	1940