Barber County vs Haskell County

A side-by-side comparison of Barber County and Haskell County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barber County has the higher population (4,153 vs 3,695 in Haskell County). Haskell County has the higher median household income ($69,138 vs $57,615 in Barber County). Haskell County has the higher median home value ($154,800 vs $92,700 in Barber County).

Population, income & housing

	Barber County	Haskell County
Population	4,153	3,695
Median age	42.6 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,615	$69,138
Median home value	$92,700	$154,800
Median gross rent	$743	$776
Housing units	2,461	1,545
Homeownership rate	81.3%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barber County	Haskell County
Population	4,624 → 4,153 (-10.2%)	4,018 → 3,695 (-8.0%)
Median household income	$50,174 → $57,615 (+14.8%)	$55,064 → $69,138 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $92,700 (+28.2%)	$107,000 → $154,800 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $743 (+32.0%)	$623 → $776 (+24.6%)

Barber County

Population

4,6244,153

Median household income

$50,174$57,615

Median home value

$72,300$92,700

Median gross rent

$563$743

Haskell County

Population

4,0183,695

Median household income

$55,064$69,138

Median home value

$107,000$154,800

Median gross rent

$623$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barber County	Haskell County
Under 5	5.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.6%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	9.5%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.0%	13.6%
65 to 74	14.4%	9.6%
75 and over	8.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barber County	Haskell County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	66.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	30.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barber County	Haskell County
No high school diploma	6.0%	25.2%
High school graduate	32.3%	23.9%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barber County	Haskell County
Drove alone	85.1%	75.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	11.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.7%
Worked from home	2.8%	4.7%
Other means	0.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barber County	Haskell County
1-unit, detached	90.9%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.1%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	17.6%

Poverty & households

	Barber County	Haskell County
Poverty rate	17.6%	10.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1956	1975