Burns vs Lehigh

A side-by-side comparison of Burns and Lehigh: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Burns has the higher population (299 vs 189 in Lehigh). Lehigh has the higher median household income ($83,125 vs $44,688 in Burns). Lehigh has the higher median home value ($85,700 vs $65,000 in Burns).

Population, income & housing

	Burns	Lehigh
Population	299	189
Median age	26.4 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,688	$83,125
Median home value	$65,000	$85,700
Median gross rent	$768	$1,009
Housing units	116	91
Homeownership rate	76.3%	57.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.3%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burns	Lehigh
Population	296 → 299 (+1.0%)	255 → 189 (-25.9%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $44,688 (-22.8%)	$44,792 → $83,125 (+85.6%)
Median home value	$58,800 → $65,000 (+10.5%)	$71,800 → $85,700 (+19.4%)
Median gross rent	$813 → $768 (-5.5%)	$531 → $1,009 (+90.0%)

Burns

Population

296299

Median household income

$57,917$44,688

Median home value

$58,800$65,000

Median gross rent

$813$768

Lehigh

Population

255189

Median household income

$44,792$83,125

Median home value

$71,800$85,700

Median gross rent

$531$1,009

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burns	Lehigh
Under 5	4.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	25.4%	22.2%
18 to 24	18.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	19.6%
35 to 44	9.4%	7.9%
45 to 54	9.4%	15.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	14.3%
75 and over	1.3%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burns	Lehigh
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burns	Lehigh
No high school diploma	25.6%	13.1%
High school graduate	29.5%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	17.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burns	Lehigh
Drove alone	77.3%	89.4%
Carpooled	13.3%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.5%
Other means	1.6%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burns	Lehigh
1-unit, detached	85.3%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	23.1%

Poverty & households

	Burns	Lehigh
Poverty rate	31.3%	7.9%
Average household size	3.08	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	32	23
Median year structure built	1948	1972