Lansing vs Linwood

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

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

Lansing has the higher population (11,229 vs 317 in Linwood). Lansing has the higher median household income ($100,871 vs $63,902 in Linwood). Lansing has the higher median home value ($247,500 vs $210,000 in Linwood).

Population, income & housing

	Lansing	Linwood
Population	11,229	317
Median age	39.1 yrs	29.0 yrs
Median household income	$100,871	$63,902
Median home value	$247,500	$210,000
Median gross rent	$1,163	$933
Housing units	3,724	167
Homeownership rate	81.3%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansing	Linwood
Population	11,900 → 11,229 (-5.6%)	484 → 317 (-34.5%)
Median household income	$89,213 → $100,871 (+13.1%)	$48,182 → $63,902 (+32.6%)
Median home value	$173,000 → $247,500 (+43.1%)	$91,300 → $210,000 (+130.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,169 → $1,163 (-0.5%)	$745 → $933 (+25.2%)

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

Linwood

Population

484317

Median household income

$48,182$63,902

Median home value

$91,300$210,000

Median gross rent

$745$933

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lansing	Linwood
Under 5	4.3%	11.0%
5 to 17	21.7%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	14.5%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	14.2%	16.1%
45 to 54	12.7%	6.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.9%
75 and over	5.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansing	Linwood
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	87.7%
Black or African American	12.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansing	Linwood
No high school diploma	4.9%	11.5%
High school graduate	27.0%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansing	Linwood
Drove alone	79.7%	88.2%
Carpooled	6.1%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	3.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansing	Linwood
1-unit, detached	85.5%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	13.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Lansing	Linwood
Poverty rate	5.2%	6.3%
Average household size	2.76	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	35
Median year structure built	1987	1973