Atchison County vs Jefferson County

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

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

Jefferson County has the higher population (18,391 vs 16,211 in Atchison County). Jefferson County has the higher median household income ($77,393 vs $62,164 in Atchison County). Jefferson County has the higher median home value ($200,800 vs $147,900 in Atchison County).

Population, income & housing

	Atchison County	Jefferson County
Population	16,211	18,391
Median age	36.4 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,164	$77,393
Median home value	$147,900	$200,800
Median gross rent	$756	$844
Housing units	6,811	8,004
Homeownership rate	73.4%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atchison County	Jefferson County
Population	16,268 → 16,211 (-0.4%)	18,890 → 18,391 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$50,439 → $62,164 (+23.2%)	$64,864 → $77,393 (+19.3%)
Median home value	$110,400 → $147,900 (+34.0%)	$150,600 → $200,800 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $756 (+14.5%)	$760 → $844 (+11.1%)

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

Jefferson County

Population

18,89018,391

Median household income

$64,864$77,393

Median home value

$150,600$200,800

Median gross rent

$760$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atchison County	Jefferson County
Under 5	5.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.2%
18 to 24	16.5%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.7%
75 and over	7.8%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atchison County	Jefferson County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	91.6%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atchison County	Jefferson County
No high school diploma	5.7%	4.8%
High school graduate	40.7%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	30.7%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atchison County	Jefferson County
Drove alone	78.0%	77.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	9.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atchison County	Jefferson County
1-unit, detached	80.1%	87.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	3.6%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	0.8%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	7.4%

Poverty & households

	Atchison County	Jefferson County
Poverty rate	12.8%	6.3%
Average household size	2.46	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1969	1977