Greeley County vs Lane County

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

Greeley 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.

Lane County has the higher population (1,497 vs 1,296 in Greeley County). Greeley County has the higher median household income ($78,819 vs $53,042 in Lane County). Lane County has the higher median home value ($119,000 vs $108,900 in Greeley County).

Population, income & housing

	Greeley County	Lane County
Population	1,296	1,497
Median age	39.9 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$78,819	$53,042
Median home value	$108,900	$119,000
Median gross rent	$915	$497
Housing units	622	885
Homeownership rate	78.4%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	0.1%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greeley County	Lane County
Population	1,185 → 1,296 (+9.4%)	1,564 → 1,497 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$54,112 → $78,819 (+45.7%)	$52,125 → $53,042 (+1.8%)
Median home value	$111,200 → $108,900 (-2.1%)	$90,800 → $119,000 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $915 (+27.1%)	$503 → $497 (-1.2%)

Greeley County

Population

1,1851,296

Median household income

$54,112$78,819

Median home value

$111,200$108,900

Median gross rent

$720$915

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)

	Greeley County	Lane County
Under 5	8.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	22.5%	18.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.1%
25 to 34	7.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.4%	7.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	14.8%
55 to 64	12.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	14.3%
75 and over	8.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greeley County	Lane County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	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	1.1%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greeley County	Lane County
No high school diploma	10.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	22.3%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greeley County	Lane County
Drove alone	60.6%	70.3%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	11.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	10.2%
Other means	1.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greeley County	Lane County
1-unit, detached	86.3%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Greeley County	Lane County
Poverty rate	10.0%	8.1%
Average household size	2.42	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	13	16
Median year structure built	1964	1962