Comanche County vs Stanton County

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

Comanche 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 1,685 in Comanche County). Stanton County has the higher median household income ($70,361 vs $49,417 in Comanche County). Stanton County has the higher median home value ($64,200 vs $59,900 in Comanche County).

Population, income & housing

	Comanche County	Stanton County
Population	1,685	2,018
Median age	50.8 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$49,417	$70,361
Median home value	$59,900	$64,200
Median gross rent	$672	$691
Housing units	1,050	1,014
Homeownership rate	73.2%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comanche County	Stanton County
Population	1,740 → 1,685 (-3.2%)	2,052 → 2,018 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$54,821 → $49,417 (-9.9%)	$52,054 → $70,361 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $59,900 (-14.8%)	$92,600 → $64,200 (-30.7%)
Median gross rent	$443 → $672 (+51.7%)	$675 → $691 (+2.4%)

Comanche County

Population

1,7401,685

Median household income

$54,821$49,417

Median home value

$70,300$59,900

Median gross rent

$443$672

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)

	Comanche County	Stanton County
Under 5	2.6%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.7%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	6.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.6%	17.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	3.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	17.0%
65 to 74	15.5%	7.8%
75 and over	13.4%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comanche County	Stanton County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	45.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	45.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comanche County	Stanton County
No high school diploma	4.8%	23.6%
High school graduate	30.8%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comanche County	Stanton County
Drove alone	85.9%	79.3%
Carpooled	4.3%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	4.9%
Other means	1.6%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comanche County	Stanton County
1-unit, detached	90.2%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	31.5%

Poverty & households

	Comanche County	Stanton County
Poverty rate	11.2%	12.9%
Average household size	1.98	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	14	12
Median year structure built	1942	1967