Chase County vs Cheyenne County

A side-by-side comparison of Chase County and Cheyenne County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cheyenne County has the higher population (2,628 vs 2,579 in Chase County). Cheyenne County has the higher median household income ($55,765 vs $54,518 in Chase County). Cheyenne County has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $106,200 in Chase County).

Population, income & housing

	Chase County	Cheyenne County
Population	2,579	2,628
Median age	44.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,518	$55,765
Median home value	$106,200	$119,300
Median gross rent	$758	$703
Housing units	1,397	1,465
Homeownership rate	71.9%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chase County	Cheyenne County
Population	2,637 → 2,579 (-2.2%)	2,665 → 2,628 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$45,353 → $54,518 (+20.2%)	$47,639 → $55,765 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$103,600 → $106,200 (+2.5%)	$78,700 → $119,300 (+51.6%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $758 (+33.0%)	$591 → $703 (+19.0%)

Chase County

Population

2,6372,579

Median household income

$45,353$54,518

Median home value

$103,600$106,200

Median gross rent

$570$758

Cheyenne County

Population

2,6652,628

Median household income

$47,639$55,765

Median home value

$78,700$119,300

Median gross rent

$591$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chase County	Cheyenne County
Under 5	4.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.1%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	6.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	14.0%
75 and over	10.5%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chase County	Cheyenne County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	87.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chase County	Cheyenne County
No high school diploma	7.4%	12.2%
High school graduate	32.4%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chase County	Cheyenne County
Drove alone	76.0%	74.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	19.2%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chase County	Cheyenne County
1-unit, detached	84.4%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Chase County	Cheyenne County
Poverty rate	10.5%	17.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	13
Median year structure built	1958	1949