Cherokee County vs Sumner County

A side-by-side comparison of Cherokee County and Sumner County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sumner County has the higher population (22,386 vs 19,236 in Cherokee County). Sumner County has the higher median household income ($60,348 vs $58,274 in Cherokee County). Sumner County has the higher median home value ($118,700 vs $99,400 in Cherokee County).

Population, income & housing

	Cherokee County	Sumner County
Population	19,236	22,386
Median age	42.0 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,274	$60,348
Median home value	$99,400	$118,700
Median gross rent	$801	$829
Housing units	9,140	10,395
Homeownership rate	72.4%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.1%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cherokee County	Sumner County
Population	20,179 → 19,236 (-4.7%)	23,114 → 22,386 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$43,175 → $58,274 (+35.0%)	$55,000 → $60,348 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$82,500 → $99,400 (+20.5%)	$89,800 → $118,700 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $801 (+30.7%)	$716 → $829 (+15.8%)

Cherokee County

Population

20,17919,236

Median household income

$43,175$58,274

Median home value

$82,500$99,400

Median gross rent

$613$801

Sumner County

Population

23,11422,386

Median household income

$55,000$60,348

Median home value

$89,800$118,700

Median gross rent

$716$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cherokee County	Sumner County
Under 5	6.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	14.9%
65 to 74	11.6%	11.5%
75 and over	8.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cherokee County	Sumner County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.0%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.8%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	7.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cherokee County	Sumner County
No high school diploma	9.1%	6.0%
High school graduate	34.4%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cherokee County	Sumner County
Drove alone	84.3%	82.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.0%	7.0%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cherokee County	Sumner County
1-unit, detached	82.1%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Cherokee County	Sumner County
Poverty rate	13.1%	10.8%
Average household size	2.46	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1968	1966