Dorrance vs Lucas

A side-by-side comparison of Dorrance and Lucas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lucas has the higher population (449 vs 193 in Dorrance). Dorrance has the higher median household income ($64,750 vs $39,453 in Lucas). Dorrance has the higher median home value ($101,000 vs $52,800 in Lucas).

Population, income & housing

	Dorrance	Lucas
Population	193	449
Median age	64.4 yrs	53.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,750	$39,453
Median home value	$101,000	$52,800
Median gross rent	—	$531
Housing units	121	286
Homeownership rate	95.6%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorrance	Lucas
Population	220 → 193 (-12.3%)	370 → 449 (+21.4%)
Median household income	$41,528 → $64,750 (+55.9%)	$32,340 → $39,453 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $101,000 (+41.3%)	$39,400 → $52,800 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $525 (+6.3%)	$520 → $531 (+2.1%)

Dorrance

Population

220193

Median household income

$41,528$64,750

Median home value

$71,500$101,000

Median gross rent

$494$525

Lucas

Population

370449

Median household income

$32,340$39,453

Median home value

$39,400$52,800

Median gross rent

$520$531

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorrance	Lucas
Under 5	1.6%	2.9%
5 to 17	5.7%	10.9%
18 to 24	9.8%	14.7%
25 to 34	5.2%	5.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	4.5%
45 to 54	4.1%	16.7%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	39.4%	19.6%
75 and over	8.8%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorrance	Lucas
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorrance	Lucas
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.5%
High school graduate	26.3%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	51.2%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorrance	Lucas
Drove alone	81.3%	77.0%
Carpooled	18.7%	20.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorrance	Lucas
1-unit, detached	95.9%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	15.0%

Poverty & households

	Dorrance	Lucas
Poverty rate	5.2%	15.4%
Average household size	2.12	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1954	1960