Lucas vs Russell

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

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

Russell has the higher population (4,258 vs 449 in Lucas). Russell has the higher median household income ($51,347 vs $39,453 in Lucas). Russell has the higher median home value ($109,400 vs $52,800 in Lucas).

Population, income & housing

	Lucas	Russell
Population	449	4,258
Median age	53.3 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$39,453	$51,347
Median home value	$52,800	$109,400
Median gross rent	$531	$744
Housing units	286	2,227
Homeownership rate	90.0%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lucas	Russell
Population	370 → 449 (+21.4%)	4,525 → 4,258 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$32,340 → $39,453 (+22.0%)	$43,646 → $51,347 (+17.6%)
Median home value	$39,400 → $52,800 (+34.0%)	$99,200 → $109,400 (+10.3%)
Median gross rent	$520 → $531 (+2.1%)	$644 → $744 (+15.5%)

Lucas

Population

370449

Median household income

$32,340$39,453

Median home value

$39,400$52,800

Median gross rent

$520$531

Russell

Population

4,5254,258

Median household income

$43,646$51,347

Median home value

$99,200$109,400

Median gross rent

$644$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lucas	Russell
Under 5	2.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	10.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	14.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	5.1%	11.4%
35 to 44	4.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	16.7%	10.1%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.8%
65 to 74	19.6%	11.8%
75 and over	11.1%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lucas	Russell
White (non-Hispanic)	91.3%	88.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lucas	Russell
No high school diploma	6.5%	8.0%
High school graduate	22.1%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	53.6%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lucas	Russell
Drove alone	77.0%	76.2%
Carpooled	20.7%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lucas	Russell
1-unit, detached	81.8%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Lucas	Russell
Poverty rate	15.4%	18.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	14	13
Median year structure built	1960	1955