Lenora vs Norton

A side-by-side comparison of Lenora and Norton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Norton has the higher population (2,704 vs 199 in Lenora). Norton has the higher median household income ($51,266 vs $28,036 in Lenora). Norton has the higher median home value ($94,100 vs $44,200 in Lenora).

Population, income & housing

	Lenora	Norton
Population	199	2,704
Median age	60.4 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$28,036	$51,266
Median home value	$44,200	$94,100
Median gross rent	—	$824
Housing units	178	1,389
Homeownership rate	82.9%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	23.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lenora	Norton
Population	345 → 199 (-42.3%)	2,766 → 2,704 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $28,036 (-19.9%)	$51,250 → $51,266 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $44,200 (-29.3%)	$79,100 → $94,100 (+19.0%)
Median gross rent	$413 → $483 (+16.9%)	$645 → $824 (+27.8%)

Lenora

Population

345199

Median household income

$35,000$28,036

Median home value

$62,500$44,200

Median gross rent

$413$483

Norton

Population

2,7662,704

Median household income

$51,250$51,266

Median home value

$79,100$94,100

Median gross rent

$645$824

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lenora	Norton
Under 5	8.5%	7.4%
5 to 17	2.5%	22.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	7.5%	16.1%
35 to 44	5.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.0%	8.3%
55 to 64	32.7%	14.4%
65 to 74	19.6%	6.4%
75 and over	15.1%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lenora	Norton
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	13.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lenora	Norton
No high school diploma	6.2%	6.2%
High school graduate	25.4%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	52.0%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lenora	Norton
Drove alone	83.9%	79.3%
Carpooled	3.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	16.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lenora	Norton
1-unit, detached	93.8%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Lenora	Norton
Poverty rate	25.6%	4.1%
Average household size	1.70	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	8
Median year structure built	1938	1957