Long Island vs Speed

A side-by-side comparison of Long Island and Speed: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Long Island has the higher population (143 vs 23 in Speed). Long Island has the higher median household income ($69,375 vs $61,324 in Speed). Long Island has the higher median home value ($90,000 vs $27,600 in Speed).

Population, income & housing

	Long Island	Speed
Population	143	23
Median age	28.1 yrs	64.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,375	$61,324
Median home value	$90,000	$27,600
Housing units	52	20
Homeownership rate	80.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Island	Speed
Population	154 → 143 (-7.1%)	41 → 23 (-43.9%)
Median household income	$45,625 → $69,375 (+52.1%)	$51,875 → $61,324 (+18.2%)
Median home value	$52,500 → $90,000 (+71.4%)	$26,800 → $27,600 (+3.0%)

Long Island

Population

154143

Median household income

$45,625$69,375

Median home value

$52,500$90,000

Speed

Population

4123

Median household income

$51,875$61,324

Median home value

$26,800$27,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Long Island	Speed
Under 5	16.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.9%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	18.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	6.3%	87.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	8.7%
75 and over	1.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Island	Speed
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	100.0%
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	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Island	Speed
No high school diploma	8.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	24.1%	82.6%
Some college or associate's	44.3%	4.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Island	Speed
Drove alone	87.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	12.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Island	Speed
1-unit, detached	92.3%	100.0%
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	7.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Island	Speed
Poverty rate	4.9%	0.0%
Average household size	3.04	1.15
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1948	1955