Durham vs Lost Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Durham and Lost Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Durham has the higher population (55 vs 49 in Lost Springs). Durham has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $42,679 in Lost Springs). Durham has the higher median home value ($48,300 vs $17,500 in Lost Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Durham	Lost Springs
Population	55	49
Median age	63.3 yrs	53.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$42,679
Median home value	$48,300	$17,500
Housing units	34	32
Homeownership rate	96.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	8.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durham	Lost Springs
Population	85 → 55 (-35.3%)	115 → 49 (-57.4%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $63,750 (+59.4%)	$37,917 → $42,679 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$50,000 → $48,300 (-3.4%)	$81,900 → $17,500 (-78.6%)

Durham

Population

8555

Median household income

$40,000$63,750

Median home value

$50,000$48,300

Lost Springs

Population

11549

Median household income

$37,917$42,679

Median home value

$81,900$17,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Durham	Lost Springs
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.3%	28.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	16.3%
55 to 64	23.6%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	14.3%
75 and over	36.4%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durham	Lost Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	73.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	1.8%	26.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durham	Lost Springs
No high school diploma	10.9%	31.4%
High school graduate	58.7%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durham	Lost Springs
Drove alone	72.4%	90.0%
Carpooled	6.9%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	0.0%
Other means	6.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durham	Lost Springs
1-unit, detached	85.3%	68.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	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	14.7%	31.3%

Poverty & households

	Durham	Lost Springs
Poverty rate	3.6%	44.9%
Average household size	1.96	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1940	1957