Allen County vs Bourbon County

A side-by-side comparison of Allen County and Bourbon County: population, income, housing, and more.

Allen County and Bourbon County are counties in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bourbon County has the higher population (14,384 vs 12,491 in Allen County). Bourbon County has the higher median household income ($67,555 vs $57,618 in Allen County). Bourbon County has the higher median home value ($107,600 vs $100,400 in Allen County).

Population, income & housing

	Allen County	Bourbon County
Population	12,491	14,384
Median age	41.3 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,618	$67,555
Median home value	$100,400	$107,600
Median gross rent	$685	$784
Housing units	6,077	6,768
Homeownership rate	74.5%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen County	Bourbon County
Population	12,556 → 12,491 (-0.5%)	14,608 → 14,384 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$45,333 → $57,618 (+27.1%)	$43,917 → $67,555 (+53.8%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $100,400 (+26.6%)	$82,700 → $107,600 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $685 (+1.5%)	$648 → $784 (+21.0%)

Allen County

Population

12,55612,491

Median household income

$45,333$57,618

Median home value

$79,300$100,400

Median gross rent

$675$685

Bourbon County

Population

14,60814,384

Median household income

$43,917$67,555

Median home value

$82,700$107,600

Median gross rent

$648$784

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen County	Bourbon County
Under 5	5.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.5%
75 and over	8.7%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen County	Bourbon County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	88.8%
Black or African American	1.9%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen County	Bourbon County
No high school diploma	6.5%	9.0%
High school graduate	35.3%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen County	Bourbon County
Drove alone	77.4%	71.5%
Carpooled	11.2%	14.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	4.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	11.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen County	Bourbon County
1-unit, detached	82.3%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	3.4%
20 or more units	1.8%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Allen County	Bourbon County
Poverty rate	13.1%	11.8%
Average household size	2.40	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1965	1958