Chase County vs Rawlins County

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

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

Chase County has the higher population (2,579 vs 2,533 in Rawlins County). Rawlins County has the higher median household income ($65,000 vs $54,518 in Chase County). Chase County has the higher median home value ($106,200 vs $99,400 in Rawlins County).

Population, income & housing

	Chase County	Rawlins County
Population	2,579	2,533
Median age	44.5 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,518	$65,000
Median home value	$106,200	$99,400
Median gross rent	$758	$823
Housing units	1,397	1,363
Homeownership rate	71.9%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chase County	Rawlins County
Population	2,637 → 2,579 (-2.2%)	2,502 → 2,533 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$45,353 → $54,518 (+20.2%)	$53,207 → $65,000 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$103,600 → $106,200 (+2.5%)	$101,600 → $99,400 (-2.2%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $758 (+33.0%)	$583 → $823 (+41.2%)

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

Rawlins County

Population

2,5022,533

Median household income

$53,207$65,000

Median home value

$101,600$99,400

Median gross rent

$583$823

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chase County	Rawlins County
Under 5	4.9%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	14.3%
75 and over	10.5%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chase County	Rawlins County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	89.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chase County	Rawlins County
No high school diploma	7.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	32.4%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	50.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chase County	Rawlins County
Drove alone	76.0%	69.9%
Carpooled	7.4%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	5.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	8.4%	12.9%
Other means	2.4%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chase County	Rawlins County
1-unit, detached	84.4%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.9%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Chase County	Rawlins County
Poverty rate	10.5%	10.1%
Average household size	2.15	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	13
Median year structure built	1958	1956