Chase County vs Ness County

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

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

Ness County has the higher population (2,659 vs 2,579 in Chase County). Ness County has the higher median household income ($66,107 vs $54,518 in Chase County). Chase County has the higher median home value ($106,200 vs $85,400 in Ness County).

Population, income & housing

	Chase County	Ness County
Population	2,579	2,659
Median age	44.5 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$54,518	$66,107
Median home value	$106,200	$85,400
Median gross rent	$758	$653
Housing units	1,397	1,475
Homeownership rate	71.9%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chase County	Ness County
Population	2,637 → 2,579 (-2.2%)	2,876 → 2,659 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$45,353 → $54,518 (+20.2%)	$56,492 → $66,107 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$103,600 → $106,200 (+2.5%)	$73,300 → $85,400 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $758 (+33.0%)	$627 → $653 (+4.1%)

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

Ness County

Population

2,8762,659

Median household income

$56,492$66,107

Median home value

$73,300$85,400

Median gross rent

$627$653

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chase County	Ness County
Under 5	4.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	10.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	8.2%
45 to 54	11.9%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.8%
65 to 74	13.6%	13.8%
75 and over	10.5%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chase County	Ness County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	79.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chase County	Ness County
No high school diploma	7.4%	8.5%
High school graduate	32.4%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chase County	Ness County
Drove alone	76.0%	73.4%
Carpooled	7.4%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.3%
Other means	2.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chase County	Ness County
1-unit, detached	84.4%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.1%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Chase County	Ness County
Poverty rate	10.5%	11.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1958	1959