Bourbon County vs Jackson County

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

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

Bourbon County has the higher population (14,384 vs 13,277 in Jackson County). Jackson County has the higher median household income ($72,703 vs $67,555 in Bourbon County). Jackson County has the higher median home value ($193,600 vs $107,600 in Bourbon County).

Population, income & housing

	Bourbon County	Jackson County
Population	14,384	13,277
Median age	38.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,555	$72,703
Median home value	$107,600	$193,600
Median gross rent	$784	$856
Housing units	6,768	5,615
Homeownership rate	72.9%	78.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bourbon County	Jackson County
Population	14,608 → 14,384 (-1.5%)	13,266 → 13,277 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$43,917 → $67,555 (+53.8%)	$57,914 → $72,703 (+25.5%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $107,600 (+30.1%)	$134,700 → $193,600 (+43.7%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $784 (+21.0%)	$716 → $856 (+19.6%)

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

Jackson County

Population

13,26613,277

Median household income

$57,914$72,703

Median home value

$134,700$193,600

Median gross rent

$716$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bourbon County	Jackson County
Under 5	6.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.9%	18.3%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	10.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	13.8%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.2%
75 and over	7.9%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bourbon County	Jackson County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	82.9%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bourbon County	Jackson County
No high school diploma	9.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	31.4%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bourbon County	Jackson County
Drove alone	71.5%	75.2%
Carpooled	14.8%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.8%	6.1%
Other means	0.9%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bourbon County	Jackson County
1-unit, detached	80.4%	85.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.4%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Bourbon County	Jackson County
Poverty rate	11.8%	9.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	20	29
Median year structure built	1958	1977