Lansing vs Waltham

A side-by-side comparison of Lansing and Waltham: population, income, housing, and more.

Lansing and Waltham are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waltham has the higher population (185 vs 155 in Lansing). Waltham has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $101,300 in Lansing). Since 2019, Waltham's population has grown faster (+22.5% vs +16.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Lansing	Waltham
Population	155	185
Median age	59.9 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$75,833
Median home value	$101,300	$112,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,069
Housing units	103	62
Homeownership rate	92.1%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	1.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lansing	Waltham
Population	133 → 155 (+16.5%)	151 → 185 (+22.5%)
Median household income	—	$67,500 → $75,833 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$86,000 → $101,300 (+17.8%)	$77,900 → $112,500 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$838 → $1,069 (+27.6%)

Lansing

Population

133155

Median home value

$86,000$101,300

Waltham

Population

151185

Median household income

$67,500$75,833

Median home value

$77,900$112,500

Median gross rent

$838$1,069

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lansing	Waltham
Under 5	5.8%	3.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	37.8%
18 to 24	1.9%	2.7%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	23.2%
45 to 54	16.1%	4.9%
55 to 64	21.9%	7.0%
65 to 74	18.7%	5.4%
75 and over	23.9%	0.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lansing	Waltham
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	78.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	21.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lansing	Waltham
No high school diploma	5.6%	15.5%
High school graduate	62.9%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	1.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lansing	Waltham
Drove alone	96.4%	81.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	15.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lansing	Waltham
1-unit, detached	98.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lansing	Waltham
Poverty rate	29.1%	11.4%
Average household size	1.74	3.19
Mean commute (minutes)	25	19
Median year structure built	1938	1941