Lane County vs Wallace County

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

Lane County and Wallace 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 1,459 in Wallace County). Wallace County has the higher median household income ($60,263 vs $53,042 in Lane County). Lane County has the higher median home value ($119,000 vs $94,200 in Wallace County).

Population, income & housing

	Lane County	Wallace County
Population	1,497	1,459
Median age	48.9 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,042	$60,263
Median home value	$119,000	$94,200
Median gross rent	$497	$578
Housing units	885	757
Homeownership rate	79.2%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lane County	Wallace County
Population	1,564 → 1,497 (-4.3%)	1,574 → 1,459 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$52,125 → $53,042 (+1.8%)	$63,269 → $60,263 (-4.8%)
Median home value	$90,800 → $119,000 (+31.1%)	$89,400 → $94,200 (+5.4%)
Median gross rent	$503 → $497 (-1.2%)	$525 → $578 (+10.1%)

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

Wallace County

Population

1,5741,459

Median household income

$63,269$60,263

Median home value

$89,400$94,200

Median gross rent

$525$578

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lane County	Wallace County
Under 5	5.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	18.3%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.2%	9.7%
35 to 44	7.6%	8.9%
45 to 54	14.8%	8.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	16.9%
65 to 74	14.3%	12.7%
75 and over	9.4%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lane County	Wallace County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.1%
Asian	1.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.4%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lane County	Wallace County
No high school diploma	5.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	22.0%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	48.4%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lane County	Wallace County
Drove alone	70.3%	75.3%
Carpooled	7.6%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	11.1%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	8.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lane County	Wallace County
1-unit, detached	88.6%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Lane County	Wallace County
Poverty rate	8.1%	12.8%
Average household size	2.06	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1962	1964