Cheyenne County vs Morton County

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

Cheyenne 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 2,628 in Cheyenne County). Morton County has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $55,765 in Cheyenne County). Cheyenne County has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $95,600 in Morton County).

Population, income & housing

	Cheyenne County	Morton County
Population	2,628	2,647
Median age	39.8 yrs	43.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,765	$65,625
Median home value	$119,300	$95,600
Median gross rent	$703	$637
Housing units	1,465	1,316
Homeownership rate	79.6%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	16.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheyenne County	Morton County
Population	2,665 → 2,628 (-1.4%)	2,754 → 2,647 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$47,639 → $55,765 (+17.1%)	$47,750 → $65,625 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$78,700 → $119,300 (+51.6%)	$88,500 → $95,600 (+8.0%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $703 (+19.0%)	$609 → $637 (+4.6%)

Cheyenne County

Population

2,6652,628

Median household income

$47,639$55,765

Median home value

$78,700$119,300

Median gross rent

$591$703

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)

	Cheyenne County	Morton County
Under 5	6.4%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	20.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.5%	10.4%
35 to 44	15.4%	11.6%
45 to 54	6.0%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	13.4%
65 to 74	14.0%	10.6%
75 and over	11.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheyenne County	Morton County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	71.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheyenne County	Morton County
No high school diploma	12.2%	13.3%
High school graduate	29.9%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheyenne County	Morton County
Drove alone	74.6%	86.4%
Carpooled	3.5%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheyenne County	Morton County
1-unit, detached	90.6%	84.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Cheyenne County	Morton County
Poverty rate	17.4%	14.8%
Average household size	2.18	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	13	18
Median year structure built	1949	1969