Chautauqua County vs Smith County

A side-by-side comparison of Chautauqua County and Smith County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Smith County has the higher population (3,579 vs 3,370 in Chautauqua County). Smith County has the higher median household income ($57,024 vs $54,592 in Chautauqua County). Smith County has the higher median home value ($91,000 vs $63,300 in Chautauqua County).

Population, income & housing

	Chautauqua County	Smith County
Population	3,370	3,579
Median age	45.3 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,592	$57,024
Median home value	$63,300	$91,000
Median gross rent	$713	$601
Housing units	1,971	2,023
Homeownership rate	83.3%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chautauqua County	Smith County
Population	3,323 → 3,370 (+1.4%)	3,627 → 3,579 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$40,298 → $54,592 (+35.5%)	$43,429 → $57,024 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$49,500 → $63,300 (+27.9%)	$70,200 → $91,000 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $713 (+18.6%)	$473 → $601 (+27.1%)

Chautauqua County

Population

3,3233,370

Median household income

$40,298$54,592

Median home value

$49,500$63,300

Median gross rent

$601$713

Smith County

Population

3,6273,579

Median household income

$43,429$57,024

Median home value

$70,200$91,000

Median gross rent

$473$601

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chautauqua County	Smith County
Under 5	5.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	12.4%	15.8%
75 and over	11.5%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chautauqua County	Smith County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.5%
Asian	0.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chautauqua County	Smith County
No high school diploma	10.6%	5.1%
High school graduate	38.7%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chautauqua County	Smith County
Drove alone	82.7%	79.9%
Carpooled	9.3%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	3.5%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	4.4%
Other means	0.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chautauqua County	Smith County
1-unit, detached	82.0%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Chautauqua County	Smith County
Poverty rate	16.9%	7.8%
Average household size	2.50	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1960	1954