Lane, Kansas

2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026

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Units needed

None of three estimates finds a housing shortfall here.

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count.Sources: Computed by the Almanac

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Population

Growing. Up 1.7% since 2020.

244

people, the 368th-largest of Kansas's cities and towns.

Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among Kansas's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
The workday

Every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

100.0%

of 4 jobs located in Lane are filled by in-commuters.

Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
Rent

Median rent is up 78% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

$1,097

a month. Kansas's median is $1,060.

Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
The seam

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

A $601 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Franklin County.
- $617 Tract 9541.01
- $1,218 Tract 9541.02
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Room to build

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

$583–$875

is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $1,097 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
Building

72% of the housing here was built before 2000.
- 72% of all homes were built before 2000
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
Units needed

None of three estimates finds a housing shortfall here.

0

is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.

Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
Home value

A median home costs 53% less than Kansas's.

$102,800

median home value in Lane.
- $102,800 Lane
- $217,200 Kansas
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Survey estimates for a place this size carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year

Lane, Kansas

Lane,
Kansas.

Growing. Up 1.7% since 2020.

Every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 78% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

72% of the housing here was built before 2000.

None of three estimates finds a housing shortfall here.

A median home costs 53% less than Kansas's.

Every number came from a public source, with its date.

Growing. Up 1.7% since 2020.

Every job here goes to someone who lives somewhere else.

Median rent is up 78% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.

Cross one tract line and median rent doubles.

The median rent is above what local wages can carry.

72% of the housing here was built before 2000.

None of three estimates finds a housing shortfall here.

A median home costs 53% less than Kansas's.

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