Lansing vs Leavenworth

A side-by-side comparison of Lansing and Leavenworth: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Leavenworth has the higher population (37,176 vs 11,229 in Lansing). Lansing has the higher median household income ($100,871 vs $71,239 in Leavenworth). Lansing has the higher median home value ($247,500 vs $176,000 in Leavenworth).

Population, income & housing

	Lansing	Leavenworth
Population	11,229	37,176
Median age	39.1 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$100,871	$71,239
Median home value	$247,500	$176,000
Median gross rent	$1,163	$1,135
Housing units	3,724	14,833
Homeownership rate	81.3%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansing	Leavenworth
Population	11,900 → 11,229 (-5.6%)	36,064 → 37,176 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$89,213 → $100,871 (+13.1%)	$59,132 → $71,239 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$173,000 → $247,500 (+43.1%)	$123,800 → $176,000 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,169 → $1,163 (-0.5%)	$958 → $1,135 (+18.5%)

Lansing

Population

11,90011,229

Median household income

$89,213$100,871

Median home value

$173,000$247,500

Median gross rent

$1,169$1,163

Leavenworth

Population

36,06437,176

Median household income

$59,132$71,239

Median home value

$123,800$176,000

Median gross rent

$958$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lansing	Leavenworth
Under 5	4.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	21.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	11.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	12.2%	12.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.4%
75 and over	5.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansing	Leavenworth
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	70.8%
Black or African American	12.1%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	8.6%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansing	Leavenworth
No high school diploma	4.9%	8.2%
High school graduate	27.0%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	14.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansing	Leavenworth
Drove alone	79.7%	76.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	7.4%
Other means	1.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansing	Leavenworth
1-unit, detached	85.5%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	9.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Lansing	Leavenworth
Poverty rate	5.2%	12.3%
Average household size	2.76	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1987	1969