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Lakin city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Lakin city is a Census city of 2,243 people across 0.95 square miles of land, in Kearny County. Median household income is $89,514, 78.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 6 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.3 m.
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Lakin
What Lakin is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.95 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,371
- County holding the largest share of its areaKearny County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lakin
How many people live in Lakin
- Population2,243
- Median age33.8
- Population under 18720 plus or minus 146
- Share under 1832.1 percent
- Population 65 and over399 plus or minus 107
- Share 65 and over17.8 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Households776
- Family households576
- Share of households that are families74.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lakin
Income and work in Lakin
- Median household income$89,514 plus or minus $23,363
- Per capita income$31,127
- Civilian labor force967
- Employed927
- Unemployed40 plus or minus 36
- Unemployment rate4.1 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Adults 25 and over1,382
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher83.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.7 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.8 percent plus or minus 3.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lakin
Housing in Lakin
- Housing units889
- Occupied units776
- Vacant units113 plus or minus 60
- Vacancy rate12.7 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Owner occupied607
- Renter occupied169 plus or minus 79
- Ownership rate78.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$170,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,134
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Single family units758
- Share single family85.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more53 plus or minus 38
- Share in buildings of two or more6.0 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Mobile homes78 plus or minus 51
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lakin
How Lakin gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute814
- Commuting under 15 minutes448 plus or minus 129
- Share commuting under 15 minutes55.0 percent plus or minus 12.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more312 plus or minus 127
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more38.3 percent plus or minus 14.0
- Drove alone67.2 percent
- Carpooled16.8 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home12.0 percent plus or minus 6.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Lakin
SBA loans in Lakin (7(a))
- Approvals6
- Gross approval$1,348,700
- Average approval$224,783
- Median approval$111,100
- Ninetieth percentile approval$645,000
- Largest approval$645,000
- Jobs supported26
- Jobs per approval4.3
- Loans with a final outcome2
- Paid in full2
- Charged off0
- Median term84 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more16.7 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders3
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Kearny County, not Lakin
Kearny County context, not Lakin figures
These are Kearny County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Lakin measurements.
- Establishments in Kearny County83
- Employment at those establishments, Kearny County692
- Covered employment, Kearny County1,561
- Average annual pay, Kearny County$47,852
- Average weekly wage, Kearny County$920
- Housing units permitted, Kearny County0
- Of those, single family, Kearny County0
- County product, 2024, Kearny County$265,365,000
- County product change over the prior year, Kearny County-8.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Kearny County$41,661
Every figure in this section is published for Kearny County as a whole and is not a measurement of Lakin. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Lakin questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Lakin, Kansas?
2,243, in 776 households. Lakin city covers 0.95 square miles of land, which is 2,371 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Lakin in?
Kearny County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Lakin?
$89,514. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $170,000. Median gross rent is $1,134 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Lakin businesses?
6 7(a) approvals totalling $1.3 m, across 3 lenders, median approval $111,100. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Lakin, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Lakin borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Lakin. only 2 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Lakin figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Kearny County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Lakin.
Is zoning published for Lakin?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.