Deerfield vs Lakin

A side-by-side comparison of Deerfield and Lakin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakin has the higher population (2,069 vs 760 in Deerfield). Lakin has the higher median household income ($84,286 vs $72,692 in Deerfield). Lakin has the higher median home value ($141,700 vs $103,100 in Deerfield).

Population, income & housing

	Deerfield	Lakin
Population	760	2,069
Median age	28.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,692	$84,286
Median home value	$103,100	$141,700
Median gross rent	$767	$1,123
Housing units	271	811
Homeownership rate	65.0%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	12.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deerfield	Lakin
Population	769 → 760 (-1.2%)	1,780 → 2,069 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$54,135 → $72,692 (+34.3%)	$43,919 → $84,286 (+91.9%)
Median home value	$43,800 → $103,100 (+135.4%)	$115,500 → $141,700 (+22.7%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $767 (-10.4%)	$624 → $1,123 (+80.0%)

Deerfield

Population

769760

Median household income

$54,135$72,692

Median home value

$43,800$103,100

Median gross rent

$856$767

Lakin

Population

1,7802,069

Median household income

$43,919$84,286

Median home value

$115,500$141,700

Median gross rent

$624$1,123

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deerfield	Lakin
Under 5	5.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	30.0%	23.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.4%
45 to 54	21.1%	8.3%
55 to 64	4.1%	16.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.4%
75 and over	1.3%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deerfield	Lakin
White (non-Hispanic)	32.0%	57.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	65.1%	36.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deerfield	Lakin
No high school diploma	32.1%	12.1%
High school graduate	29.5%	46.5%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deerfield	Lakin
Drove alone	81.0%	76.7%
Carpooled	11.4%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	7.7%
Other means	0.8%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deerfield	Lakin
1-unit, detached	54.6%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.8%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Deerfield	Lakin
Poverty rate	14.6%	2.4%
Average household size	3.17	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1976	1965