Clark County vs Stanton County

A side-by-side comparison of Clark County and Stanton County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stanton County has the higher population (2,018 vs 1,987 in Clark County). Stanton County has the higher median household income ($70,361 vs $65,515 in Clark County). Clark County has the higher median home value ($78,400 vs $64,200 in Stanton County).

Population, income & housing

	Clark County	Stanton County
Population	1,987	2,018
Median age	46.5 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,515	$70,361
Median home value	$78,400	$64,200
Median gross rent	$771	$691
Housing units	1,066	1,014
Homeownership rate	75.6%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clark County	Stanton County
Population	2,026 → 1,987 (-1.9%)	2,052 → 2,018 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$53,348 → $65,515 (+22.8%)	$52,054 → $70,361 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$75,900 → $78,400 (+3.3%)	$92,600 → $64,200 (-30.7%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $771 (+30.9%)	$675 → $691 (+2.4%)

Clark County

Population

2,0261,987

Median household income

$53,348$65,515

Median home value

$75,900$78,400

Median gross rent

$589$771

Stanton County

Population

2,0522,018

Median household income

$52,054$70,361

Median home value

$92,600$64,200

Median gross rent

$675$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clark County	Stanton County
Under 5	6.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	18.1%	19.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	8.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	17.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	3.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	17.0%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.8%
75 and over	13.2%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clark County	Stanton County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	45.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	5.2%
Asian	1.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	45.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clark County	Stanton County
No high school diploma	7.6%	23.6%
High school graduate	26.4%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clark County	Stanton County
Drove alone	74.3%	79.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	4.9%
Other means	2.0%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clark County	Stanton County
1-unit, detached	90.8%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	31.5%

Poverty & households

	Clark County	Stanton County
Poverty rate	9.4%	12.9%
Average household size	2.39	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	19	12
Median year structure built	1949	1967