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Lecompton, KS

736 Population
1.2 square miles 597.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±13.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 31.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,012 ±$7,864 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: $40,695 ±$1,375
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,977 ±$25,295 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: $69,746 ±$2,954
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.9% ±5.8% (58  ±46) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 14.7% 16,487 (±1.3% / ±1,494)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33.1 minutes ±15.6 (13,215  ±4,363) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 20.8 1,153,120 (±0.9 / ±60,450)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

267 ±63 Number of households
  • the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 50,406 ±600
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.5 (736  ±214) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 2.2 111,636 (±0 / ±106)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

15.6% ±10.6% (22  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 3.2% † 1,105 (±1% / ±342)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

318 ±79 Number of housing units
  • the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 53,675 ±67
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$203,800 ±$63,852 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: $309,400 ±$10,713
  • a little less than the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.1% ±5.4% (74  ±44.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 24.7% 29,451 (±1.5% / ±1,743.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.4% ±32% (451  ±94.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 95.6% 68,565 (±2.8% / ±2,023.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.5% ±7.1% (93  ±41.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 53.2% 38,154 (±2.1% / ±1,531.7)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.4% ±2.3% (24  ±14) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Lawrence, KS Metro Area: 5.2% † 5,168 (±0.6% / ±612)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
24 Total veterans ±14 23 Male ±14 1 Female ±3

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