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Lafontaine, KS

78 Population
2 square miles 39.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.4 ±16.5 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wilson County: 42.7 ±1.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$20,374 ±$8,607 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Wilson County: $33,560 ±$3,090
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$52,692 ±$21,716 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Wilson County: $60,677 † ±$6,601
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.8% ±13.9% (10  ±13) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wilson County: 15.5% † 1,296 (±2.8% / ±233)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

N/A

Families

42 ±28 Number of households
  • Wilson County: 3,517 ±197
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.5 (78  ±56) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Wilson County: 2.4 8,329 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

70 ±43 Number of housing units
  • Wilson County: 4,493 ±29
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$45,500 ±$15,028 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Wilson County: $93,500 ±$6,580
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • less than a fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

100% ±42% (67  ±52.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Wilson County: 90.3% 5,345 (±5.8% / ±346.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
N/A Bachelor's degree or higher

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

N/A Foreign-born population

11.9% ±14.4% (8  ±11) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Wilson County: 7.9% † 511 (±1.3% / ±84)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
8 Total veterans ±11 8 Male ±11 N/A Female ±11

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