Lane vs Princeton

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

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

Princeton has the higher population (208 vs 170 in Lane). Princeton has the higher median household income ($66,250 vs $42,500 in Lane). Princeton has the higher median home value ($118,800 vs $103,900 in Lane).

Population, income & housing

	Lane	Princeton
Population	170	208
Median age	46.6 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$66,250
Median home value	$103,900	$118,800
Median gross rent	$594	$850
Housing units	94	67
Homeownership rate	73.8%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lane	Princeton
Population	179 → 170 (-5.0%)	237 → 208 (-12.2%)
Median household income	$42,750 → $42,500 (-0.6%)	$44,375 → $66,250 (+49.3%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $103,900 (+58.9%)	$85,000 → $118,800 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$497 → $594 (+19.5%)	$596 → $850 (+42.6%)

Lane

Population

179170

Median household income

$42,750$42,500

Median home value

$65,400$103,900

Median gross rent

$497$594

Princeton

Population

237208

Median household income

$44,375$66,250

Median home value

$85,000$118,800

Median gross rent

$596$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lane	Princeton
Under 5	8.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	10.6%	30.8%
18 to 24	11.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	3.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	16.3%
45 to 54	17.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.7%	7.2%
65 to 74	14.7%	9.6%
75 and over	8.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lane	Princeton
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lane	Princeton
No high school diploma	7.6%	25.0%
High school graduate	48.3%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lane	Princeton
Drove alone	85.2%	79.6%
Carpooled	14.8%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lane	Princeton
1-unit, detached	81.9%	77.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
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	16.0%	22.4%

Poverty & households

	Lane	Princeton
Poverty rate	21.8%	8.2%
Average household size	2.13	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	35	28
Median year structure built	1947	1968