Lane vs Rantoul

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

Lane and Rantoul 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 114 in Rantoul). Rantoul has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $42,500 in Lane). Rantoul has the higher median home value ($104,900 vs $103,900 in Lane).

Population, income & housing

	Lane	Rantoul
Population	170	114
Median age	46.6 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$55,000
Median home value	$103,900	$104,900
Median gross rent	$594	—
Housing units	94	74
Homeownership rate	73.8%	98.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lane	Rantoul
Population	179 → 170 (-5.0%)	185 → 114 (-38.4%)
Median household income	$42,750 → $42,500 (-0.6%)	$41,250 → $55,000 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $103,900 (+58.9%)	$71,700 → $104,900 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$497 → $594 (+19.5%)	$625 → $675 (+8.0%)

Lane

Population

179170

Median household income

$42,750$42,500

Median home value

$65,400$103,900

Median gross rent

$497$594

Rantoul

Population

185114

Median household income

$41,250$55,000

Median home value

$71,700$104,900

Median gross rent

$625$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lane	Rantoul
Under 5	8.8%	1.8%
5 to 17	10.6%	16.7%
18 to 24	11.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.9%
45 to 54	17.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	17.5%
65 to 74	14.7%	14.0%
75 and over	8.2%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lane	Rantoul
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lane	Rantoul
No high school diploma	7.6%	2.2%
High school graduate	48.3%	64.5%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lane	Rantoul
Drove alone	85.2%	83.3%
Carpooled	14.8%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lane	Rantoul
1-unit, detached	81.9%	64.9%
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%	35.1%

Poverty & households

	Lane	Rantoul
Poverty rate	21.8%	1.8%
Average household size	2.13	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	1947	1978