Comanche County vs Wallace County

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

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

Comanche County has the higher population (1,685 vs 1,459 in Wallace County). Wallace County has the higher median household income ($60,263 vs $49,417 in Comanche County). Wallace County has the higher median home value ($94,200 vs $59,900 in Comanche County).

Population, income & housing

	Comanche County	Wallace County
Population	1,685	1,459
Median age	50.8 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$49,417	$60,263
Median home value	$59,900	$94,200
Median gross rent	$672	$578
Housing units	1,050	757
Homeownership rate	73.2%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Comanche County	Wallace County
Population	1,740 → 1,685 (-3.2%)	1,574 → 1,459 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$54,821 → $49,417 (-9.9%)	$63,269 → $60,263 (-4.8%)
Median home value	$70,300 → $59,900 (-14.8%)	$89,400 → $94,200 (+5.4%)
Median gross rent	$443 → $672 (+51.7%)	$525 → $578 (+10.1%)

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

Wallace County

Population

1,5741,459

Median household income

$63,269$60,263

Median home value

$89,400$94,200

Median gross rent

$525$578

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Comanche County	Wallace County
Under 5	2.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	15.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.0%	9.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.0%
55 to 64	17.7%	16.9%
65 to 74	15.5%	12.7%
75 and over	13.4%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Comanche County	Wallace County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Comanche County	Wallace County
No high school diploma	4.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	30.8%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Comanche County	Wallace County
Drove alone	85.9%	75.3%
Carpooled	4.3%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	4.1%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	8.6%
Other means	1.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Comanche County	Wallace County
1-unit, detached	90.2%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Comanche County	Wallace County
Poverty rate	11.2%	12.8%
Average household size	1.98	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1942	1964