Atchison County vs Bourbon County

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

Atchison 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.

Atchison County has the higher population (16,211 vs 14,384 in Bourbon County). Bourbon County has the higher median household income ($67,555 vs $62,164 in Atchison County). Atchison County has the higher median home value ($147,900 vs $107,600 in Bourbon County).

Population, income & housing

	Atchison County	Bourbon County
Population	16,211	14,384
Median age	36.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,164	$67,555
Median home value	$147,900	$107,600
Median gross rent	$756	$784
Housing units	6,811	6,768
Homeownership rate	73.4%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atchison County	Bourbon County
Population	16,268 → 16,211 (-0.4%)	14,608 → 14,384 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$50,439 → $62,164 (+23.2%)	$43,917 → $67,555 (+53.8%)
Median home value	$110,400 → $147,900 (+34.0%)	$82,700 → $107,600 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $756 (+14.5%)	$648 → $784 (+21.0%)

Atchison County

Population

16,26816,211

Median household income

$50,439$62,164

Median home value

$110,400$147,900

Median gross rent

$660$756

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)

	Atchison County	Bourbon County
Under 5	5.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	16.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.5%
75 and over	7.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atchison County	Bourbon County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	88.8%
Black or African American	4.2%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atchison County	Bourbon County
No high school diploma	5.7%	9.0%
High school graduate	40.7%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atchison County	Bourbon County
Drove alone	78.0%	71.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	11.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atchison County	Bourbon County
1-unit, detached	80.1%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.4%
20 or more units	4.4%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	8.9%

Poverty & households

	Atchison County	Bourbon County
Poverty rate	12.8%	11.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1969	1958