Cheyenne County vs Ness County

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

Cheyenne 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 2,628 in Cheyenne County). Ness County has the higher median household income ($66,107 vs $55,765 in Cheyenne County). Cheyenne County has the higher median home value ($119,300 vs $85,400 in Ness County).

Population, income & housing

	Cheyenne County	Ness County
Population	2,628	2,659
Median age	39.8 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$55,765	$66,107
Median home value	$119,300	$85,400
Median gross rent	$703	$653
Housing units	1,465	1,475
Homeownership rate	79.6%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheyenne County	Ness County
Population	2,665 → 2,628 (-1.4%)	2,876 → 2,659 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$47,639 → $55,765 (+17.1%)	$56,492 → $66,107 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$78,700 → $119,300 (+51.6%)	$73,300 → $85,400 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$591 → $703 (+19.0%)	$627 → $653 (+4.1%)

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

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)

	Cheyenne County	Ness County
Under 5	6.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.1%	10.9%
25 to 34	9.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	15.4%	8.2%
45 to 54	6.0%	9.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	16.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	13.8%
75 and over	11.5%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheyenne County	Ness County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheyenne County	Ness County
No high school diploma	12.2%	8.5%
High school graduate	29.9%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheyenne County	Ness County
Drove alone	74.6%	73.4%
Carpooled	3.5%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.2%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheyenne County	Ness County
1-unit, detached	90.6%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.3%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Cheyenne County	Ness County
Poverty rate	17.4%	11.4%
Average household size	2.18	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	13	16
Median year structure built	1949	1959