Centropolis vs Lane

A side-by-side comparison of Centropolis and Lane: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lane has the higher population (170 vs 70 in Centropolis). Since 2019, Lane's population has grown faster (-5.0% vs -53.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Centropolis	Lane
Population	70	170
Median age	34.5 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$42,500
Median home value	—	$103,900
Median gross rent	—	$594
Housing units	46	94
Homeownership rate	100.0%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centropolis	Lane
Population	149 → 70 (-53.0%)	179 → 170 (-5.0%)
Median household income	—	$42,750 → $42,500 (-0.6%)
Median home value	—	$65,400 → $103,900 (+58.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$497 → $594 (+19.5%)

Centropolis

Population

14970

Lane

Population

179170

Median household income

$42,750$42,500

Median home value

$65,400$103,900

Median gross rent

$497$594

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Centropolis	Lane
Under 5	17.1%	8.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	10.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.2%
25 to 34	41.4%	3.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	41.4%	17.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	14.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	14.7%
75 and over	0.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centropolis	Lane
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centropolis	Lane
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	0.0%	48.3%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centropolis	Lane
Drove alone	41.4%	85.2%
Carpooled	58.6%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centropolis	Lane
1-unit, detached	100.0%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.0%

Poverty & households

	Centropolis	Lane
Poverty rate	50.0%	21.8%
Average household size	1.52	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	—	35
Median year structure built	—	1947