Benedict vs Lafontaine

A side-by-side comparison of Benedict and Lafontaine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Benedict has the higher population (65 vs 51 in Lafontaine). Lafontaine has the higher median household income ($51,125 vs $50,208 in Benedict). Since 2019, Lafontaine's population has grown faster (+6.3% vs -36.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Benedict	Lafontaine
Population	65	51
Median age	58.5 yrs	54.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,208	$51,125
Median home value	$52,000	—
Housing units	30	23
Homeownership rate	88.9%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.8%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benedict	Lafontaine
Population	102 → 65 (-36.3%)	48 → 51 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$29,773 → $50,208 (+68.6%)	—
Median home value	$35,400 → $52,000 (+46.9%)	—

Benedict

Population

10265

Median household income

$29,773$50,208

Median home value

$35,400$52,000

Lafontaine

Population

4851

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benedict	Lafontaine
Under 5	3.1%	15.7%
5 to 17	7.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	7.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	3.1%	43.1%
55 to 64	27.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	18.5%	31.4%
75 and over	13.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benedict	Lafontaine
White (non-Hispanic)	86.2%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.2%	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	4.6%	15.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benedict	Lafontaine
No high school diploma	42.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree	1.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benedict	Lafontaine
Drove alone	93.9%	47.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	52.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benedict	Lafontaine
1-unit, detached	93.3%	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	6.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Benedict	Lafontaine
Poverty rate	15.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	18	—
Median year structure built	1944	1938