Coffey County vs Thomas County

A side-by-side comparison of Coffey County and Thomas County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Coffey County has the higher population (8,304 vs 7,913 in Thomas County). Thomas County has the higher median household income ($73,575 vs $67,377 in Coffey County). Thomas County has the higher median home value ($165,900 vs $139,500 in Coffey County).

Population, income & housing

	Coffey County	Thomas County
Population	8,304	7,913
Median age	44.0 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,377	$73,575
Median home value	$139,500	$165,900
Median gross rent	$842	$753
Housing units	3,985	3,580
Homeownership rate	75.9%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	0.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coffey County	Thomas County
Population	8,254 → 8,304 (+0.6%)	7,810 → 7,913 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$59,583 → $67,377 (+13.1%)	$60,124 → $73,575 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$119,100 → $139,500 (+17.1%)	$129,700 → $165,900 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $842 (+28.0%)	$638 → $753 (+18.0%)

Coffey County

Population

8,2548,304

Median household income

$59,583$67,377

Median home value

$119,100$139,500

Median gross rent

$658$842

Thomas County

Population

7,8107,913

Median household income

$60,124$73,575

Median home value

$129,700$165,900

Median gross rent

$638$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coffey County	Thomas County
Under 5	4.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.1%	13.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.2%
75 and over	9.3%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coffey County	Thomas County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coffey County	Thomas County
No high school diploma	7.8%	6.5%
High school graduate	32.5%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coffey County	Thomas County
Drove alone	83.6%	81.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	6.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	4.5%	8.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coffey County	Thomas County
1-unit, detached	84.1%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Coffey County	Thomas County
Poverty rate	9.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	22	11
Median year structure built	1971	1965