Allen County vs Jackson County

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

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

Jackson County has the higher population (13,277 vs 12,491 in Allen County). Jackson County has the higher median household income ($72,703 vs $57,618 in Allen County). Jackson County has the higher median home value ($193,600 vs $100,400 in Allen County).

Population, income & housing

	Allen County	Jackson County
Population	12,491	13,277
Median age	41.3 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,618	$72,703
Median home value	$100,400	$193,600
Median gross rent	$685	$856
Housing units	6,077	5,615
Homeownership rate	74.5%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allen County	Jackson County
Population	12,556 → 12,491 (-0.5%)	13,266 → 13,277 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$45,333 → $57,618 (+27.1%)	$57,914 → $72,703 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$79,300 → $100,400 (+26.6%)	$134,700 → $193,600 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $685 (+1.5%)	$716 → $856 (+19.6%)

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

Jackson County

Population

13,26613,277

Median household income

$57,914$72,703

Median home value

$134,700$193,600

Median gross rent

$716$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allen County	Jackson County
Under 5	5.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	14.6%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.2%
75 and over	8.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allen County	Jackson County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	82.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	6.1%
Asian	0.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allen County	Jackson County
No high school diploma	6.5%	6.0%
High school graduate	35.3%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allen County	Jackson County
Drove alone	77.4%	75.2%
Carpooled	11.2%	12.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.1%
Walked	4.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.0%	6.1%
Other means	0.8%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allen County	Jackson County
1-unit, detached	82.3%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.4%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	9.5%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Allen County	Jackson County
Poverty rate	13.1%	9.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1965	1977