Lane vs Wellsville

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

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

Wellsville has the higher population (2,003 vs 170 in Lane). Wellsville has the higher median household income ($67,292 vs $42,500 in Lane). Wellsville has the higher median home value ($166,100 vs $103,900 in Lane).

Population, income & housing

	Lane	Wellsville
Population	170	2,003
Median age	46.6 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,500	$67,292
Median home value	$103,900	$166,100
Median gross rent	$594	$1,264
Housing units	94	883
Homeownership rate	73.8%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.5%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lane	Wellsville
Population	179 → 170 (-5.0%)	2,026 → 2,003 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$42,750 → $42,500 (-0.6%)	$64,102 → $67,292 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$65,400 → $103,900 (+58.9%)	$130,400 → $166,100 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$497 → $594 (+19.5%)	$663 → $1,264 (+90.6%)

Lane

Population

179170

Median household income

$42,750$42,500

Median home value

$65,400$103,900

Median gross rent

$497$594

Wellsville

Population

2,0262,003

Median household income

$64,102$67,292

Median home value

$130,400$166,100

Median gross rent

$663$1,264

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lane	Wellsville
Under 5	8.8%	8.1%
5 to 17	10.6%	17.4%
18 to 24	11.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	3.5%	14.2%
35 to 44	11.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	17.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	14.7%	11.7%
75 and over	8.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lane	Wellsville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	90.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
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%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lane	Wellsville
No high school diploma	7.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	48.3%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lane	Wellsville
Drove alone	85.2%	80.0%
Carpooled	14.8%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lane	Wellsville
1-unit, detached	81.9%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.4%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Lane	Wellsville
Poverty rate	21.8%	10.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	1947	1972