Dorrance vs Luray

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

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

Dorrance has the higher population (193 vs 159 in Luray). Dorrance has the higher median household income ($64,750 vs $62,500 in Luray). Dorrance has the higher median home value ($101,000 vs $67,500 in Luray).

Population, income & housing

	Dorrance	Luray
Population	193	159
Median age	64.4 yrs	63.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,750	$62,500
Median home value	$101,000	$67,500
Median gross rent	—	$244
Housing units	121	104
Homeownership rate	95.6%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorrance	Luray
Population	220 → 193 (-12.3%)	212 → 159 (-25.0%)
Median household income	$41,528 → $64,750 (+55.9%)	$50,000 → $62,500 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $101,000 (+41.3%)	$43,200 → $67,500 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$494 → $525 (+6.3%)	$242 → $244 (+0.8%)

Dorrance

Population

220193

Median household income

$41,528$64,750

Median home value

$71,500$101,000

Median gross rent

$494$525

Luray

Population

212159

Median household income

$50,000$62,500

Median home value

$43,200$67,500

Median gross rent

$242$244

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorrance	Luray
Under 5	1.6%	0.6%
5 to 17	5.7%	10.1%
18 to 24	9.8%	3.1%
25 to 34	5.2%	0.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	4.1%	1.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	28.3%
65 to 74	39.4%	23.9%
75 and over	8.8%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorrance	Luray
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.9%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	13.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorrance	Luray
No high school diploma	5.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	26.3%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	51.2%	43.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorrance	Luray
Drove alone	81.3%	50.7%
Carpooled	18.7%	27.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	19.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorrance	Luray
1-unit, detached	95.9%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Dorrance	Luray
Poverty rate	5.2%	6.3%
Average household size	2.12	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1954	1953