Barber County vs Kearny County

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

Barber County and Kearny 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 3,910 in Kearny County). Kearny County has the higher median household income ($74,135 vs $57,615 in Barber County). Kearny County has the higher median home value ($152,500 vs $92,700 in Barber County).

Population, income & housing

	Barber County	Kearny County
Population	4,153	3,910
Median age	42.6 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,615	$74,135
Median home value	$92,700	$152,500
Median gross rent	$743	$1,137
Housing units	2,461	1,579
Homeownership rate	81.3%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barber County	Kearny County
Population	4,624 → 4,153 (-10.2%)	3,907 → 3,910 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$50,174 → $57,615 (+14.8%)	$52,599 → $74,135 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$72,300 → $92,700 (+28.2%)	$116,700 → $152,500 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$563 → $743 (+32.0%)	$645 → $1,137 (+76.3%)

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

Kearny County

Population

3,9073,910

Median household income

$52,599$74,135

Median home value

$116,700$152,500

Median gross rent

$645$1,137

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barber County	Kearny County
Under 5	5.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	19.0%	22.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.5%	9.6%
35 to 44	9.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	14.4%	9.8%
75 and over	8.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barber County	Kearny County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	58.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	35.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barber County	Kearny County
No high school diploma	6.0%	14.7%
High school graduate	32.3%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barber County	Kearny County
Drove alone	85.1%	77.1%
Carpooled	8.4%	12.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	6.3%
Other means	0.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barber County	Kearny County
1-unit, detached	90.9%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	3.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	15.1%

Poverty & households

	Barber County	Kearny County
Poverty rate	17.6%	6.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	15	20
Median year structure built	1956	1972