Barton County vs Sumner County

A side-by-side comparison of Barton County and Sumner County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barton County has the higher population (25,275 vs 22,386 in Sumner County). Sumner County has the higher median household income ($60,348 vs $56,733 in Barton County). Sumner County has the higher median home value ($118,700 vs $117,200 in Barton County).

Population, income & housing

	Barton County	Sumner County
Population	25,275	22,386
Median age	38.8 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,733	$60,348
Median home value	$117,200	$118,700
Median gross rent	$742	$829
Housing units	12,373	10,395
Homeownership rate	66.2%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barton County	Sumner County
Population	26,453 → 25,275 (-4.5%)	23,114 → 22,386 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$49,723 → $56,733 (+14.1%)	$55,000 → $60,348 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $117,200 (+25.6%)	$89,800 → $118,700 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $742 (+14.5%)	$716 → $829 (+15.8%)

Barton County

Population

26,45325,275

Median household income

$49,723$56,733

Median home value

$93,300$117,200

Median gross rent

$648$742

Sumner County

Population

23,11422,386

Median household income

$55,000$60,348

Median home value

$89,800$118,700

Median gross rent

$716$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barton County	Sumner County
Under 5	6.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.5%
75 and over	8.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barton County	Sumner County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.4%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barton County	Sumner County
No high school diploma	9.7%	6.0%
High school graduate	28.2%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barton County	Sumner County
Drove alone	80.7%	82.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	6.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.5%	7.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barton County	Sumner County
1-unit, detached	77.6%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	2.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	8.3%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Barton County	Sumner County
Poverty rate	14.7%	10.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	15	24
Median year structure built	1959	1966