Lansing vs Tonganoxie

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

Lansing and Tonganoxie 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 5,693 in Tonganoxie). Lansing has the higher median household income ($100,871 vs $77,500 in Tonganoxie). Lansing has the higher median home value ($247,500 vs $227,700 in Tonganoxie).

Population, income & housing

	Lansing	Tonganoxie
Population	11,229	5,693
Median age	39.1 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$100,871	$77,500
Median home value	$247,500	$227,700
Median gross rent	$1,163	$1,158
Housing units	3,724	2,232
Homeownership rate	81.3%	65.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	37.9%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansing	Tonganoxie
Population	11,900 → 11,229 (-5.6%)	5,359 → 5,693 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$89,213 → $100,871 (+13.1%)	$72,469 → $77,500 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$173,000 → $247,500 (+43.1%)	$165,300 → $227,700 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,169 → $1,163 (-0.5%)	$936 → $1,158 (+23.7%)

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

Tonganoxie

Population

5,3595,693

Median household income

$72,469$77,500

Median home value

$165,300$227,700

Median gross rent

$936$1,158

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lansing	Tonganoxie
Under 5	4.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	21.7%	20.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	10.4%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.8%
75 and over	5.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansing	Tonganoxie
White (non-Hispanic)	69.4%	82.2%
Black or African American	12.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.8%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.6%	7.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.3%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansing	Tonganoxie
No high school diploma	4.9%	2.6%
High school graduate	27.0%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansing	Tonganoxie
Drove alone	79.7%	78.1%
Carpooled	6.1%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	6.6%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansing	Tonganoxie
1-unit, detached	85.5%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	16.3%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	19.6%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Lansing	Tonganoxie
Poverty rate	5.2%	11.4%
Average household size	2.76	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	21	29
Median year structure built	1987	1992