Comanche County vs Lane County

A side-by-side comparison of Comanche County and Lane County: population, income, housing, and more.

Comanche County and Lane County are counties in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Comanche County has the higher population (1,685 vs 1,497 in Lane County). Lane County has the higher median household income ($53,042 vs $49,417 in Comanche County). Lane County has the higher median home value ($119,000 vs $59,900 in Comanche County).

Population, income & housing

	Comanche County	Lane County
Population	1,685	1,497
Median age	50.8 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$49,417	$53,042
Median home value	$59,900	$119,000
Median gross rent	$672	$497
Housing units	1,050	885
Homeownership rate	73.2%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comanche County	Lane County
Population	1,740 → 1,685 (-3.2%)	1,564 → 1,497 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$54,821 → $49,417 (-9.9%)	$52,125 → $53,042 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $59,900 (-14.8%)	$90,800 → $119,000 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$443 → $672 (+51.7%)	$503 → $497 (-1.2%)

Comanche County

Population

1,7401,685

Median household income

$54,821$49,417

Median home value

$70,300$59,900

Median gross rent

$443$672

Lane County

Population

1,5641,497

Median household income

$52,125$53,042

Median home value

$90,800$119,000

Median gross rent

$503$497

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comanche County	Lane County
Under 5	2.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.1%
25 to 34	6.0%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	7.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	14.8%
55 to 64	17.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	15.5%	14.3%
75 and over	13.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comanche County	Lane County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comanche County	Lane County
No high school diploma	4.8%	5.0%
High school graduate	30.8%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comanche County	Lane County
Drove alone	85.9%	70.3%
Carpooled	4.3%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	11.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	10.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comanche County	Lane County
1-unit, detached	90.2%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Comanche County	Lane County
Poverty rate	11.2%	8.1%
Average household size	1.98	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	14	16
Median year structure built	1942	1962