Lyndon vs Vassar

A side-by-side comparison of Lyndon and Vassar: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lyndon has the higher population (1,184 vs 870 in Vassar). Vassar has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $70,625 in Lyndon). Vassar has the higher median home value ($170,700 vs $123,900 in Lyndon).

Population, income & housing

	Lyndon	Vassar
Population	1,184	870
Median age	36.0 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$72,083
Median home value	$123,900	$170,700
Median gross rent	$690	$1,132
Housing units	468	407
Homeownership rate	80.3%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lyndon	Vassar
Population	1,058 → 1,184 (+11.9%)	799 → 870 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$50,972 → $70,625 (+38.6%)	$71,250 → $72,083 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$94,600 → $123,900 (+31.0%)	$128,000 → $170,700 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $690 (-4.8%)	$930 → $1,132 (+21.7%)

Lyndon

Population

1,0581,184

Median household income

$50,972$70,625

Median home value

$94,600$123,900

Median gross rent

$725$690

Vassar

Population

799870

Median household income

$71,250$72,083

Median home value

$128,000$170,700

Median gross rent

$930$1,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lyndon	Vassar
Under 5	7.2%	3.9%
5 to 17	19.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	4.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.8%	19.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.4%	9.4%
75 and over	5.4%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lyndon	Vassar
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	91.3%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lyndon	Vassar
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.4%
High school graduate	34.9%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lyndon	Vassar
Drove alone	74.6%	82.2%
Carpooled	14.9%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lyndon	Vassar
1-unit, detached	86.1%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Lyndon	Vassar
Poverty rate	8.5%	7.9%
Average household size	2.81	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	43
Median year structure built	1958	1980