Chase County vs Morton County

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

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

Morton County has the higher population (2,647 vs 2,579 in Chase County). Morton County has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $54,518 in Chase County). Chase County has the higher median home value ($106,200 vs $95,600 in Morton County).

Population, income & housing

	Chase County	Morton County
Population	2,579	2,647
Median age	44.5 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,518	$65,625
Median home value	$106,200	$95,600
Median gross rent	$758	$637
Housing units	1,397	1,316
Homeownership rate	71.9%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chase County	Morton County
Population	2,637 → 2,579 (-2.2%)	2,754 → 2,647 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$45,353 → $54,518 (+20.2%)	$47,750 → $65,625 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$103,600 → $106,200 (+2.5%)	$88,500 → $95,600 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $758 (+33.0%)	$609 → $637 (+4.6%)

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

Morton County

Population

2,7542,647

Median household income

$47,750$65,625

Median home value

$88,500$95,600

Median gross rent

$609$637

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chase County	Morton County
Under 5	4.9%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.1%	20.7%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.6%	10.6%
75 and over	10.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chase County	Morton County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	71.4%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chase County	Morton County
No high school diploma	7.4%	13.3%
High school graduate	32.4%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chase County	Morton County
Drove alone	76.0%	86.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.5%
Other means	2.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chase County	Morton County
1-unit, detached	84.4%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Chase County	Morton County
Poverty rate	10.5%	14.8%
Average household size	2.15	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1958	1969