Lafontaine vs New Albany

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

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

New Albany has the higher population (66 vs 51 in Lafontaine). New Albany has the higher median household income ($52,500 vs $51,125 in Lafontaine). Since 2019, New Albany's population has grown faster (+65.0% vs +6.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Lafontaine	New Albany
Population	51	66
Median age	54.1 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,125	$52,500
Housing units	23	33
Homeownership rate	56.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lafontaine	New Albany
Population	48 → 51 (+6.3%)	40 → 66 (+65.0%)
Median household income	—	$68,125 → $52,500 (-22.9%)
Median home value	—	$37,500 → $38,800 (+3.5%)

Lafontaine

Population

4851

New Albany

Population

4066

Median household income

$68,125$52,500

Median home value

$37,500$38,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lafontaine	New Albany
Under 5	15.7%	27.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	6.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	22.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	15.2%
45 to 54	43.1%	15.2%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	31.4%	7.6%
75 and over	0.0%	3.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lafontaine	New Albany
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	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	15.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lafontaine	New Albany
No high school diploma	0.0%	31.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	100.0%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lafontaine	New Albany
Drove alone	47.2%	91.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	52.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lafontaine	New Albany
1-unit, detached	100.0%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
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	0.0%	27.3%

Poverty & households

	Lafontaine	New Albany
Poverty rate	0.0%	50.0%
Average household size	2.22	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	—	12
Median year structure built	1938	1982