Cowley County vs Crawford County

A side-by-side comparison of Cowley County and Crawford County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crawford County has the higher population (38,963 vs 34,487 in Cowley County). Cowley County has the higher median household income ($58,263 vs $50,311 in Crawford County). Crawford County has the higher median home value ($122,400 vs $111,600 in Cowley County).

Population, income & housing

	Cowley County	Crawford County
Population	34,487	38,963
Median age	38.1 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,263	$50,311
Median home value	$111,600	$122,400
Median gross rent	$779	$837
Housing units	15,647	18,088
Homeownership rate	70.5%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowley County	Crawford County
Population	35,351 → 34,487 (-2.4%)	38,968 → 38,963 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$50,102 → $58,263 (+16.3%)	$41,004 → $50,311 (+22.7%)
Median home value	$89,000 → $111,600 (+25.4%)	$93,900 → $122,400 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $779 (+12.2%)	$717 → $837 (+16.7%)

Cowley County

Population

35,35134,487

Median household income

$50,102$58,263

Median home value

$89,000$111,600

Median gross rent

$694$779

Crawford County

Population

38,96838,963

Median household income

$41,004$50,311

Median home value

$93,900$122,400

Median gross rent

$717$837

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowley County	Crawford County
Under 5	5.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	16.4%
18 to 24	10.4%	17.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.1%
75 and over	8.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowley County	Crawford County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	84.3%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.5%
Asian	1.9%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowley County	Crawford County
No high school diploma	8.4%	5.8%
High school graduate	31.0%	28.8%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowley County	Crawford County
Drove alone	79.1%	80.2%
Carpooled	12.2%	10.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.8%	5.2%
Other means	1.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowley County	Crawford County
1-unit, detached	74.5%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	6.1%
20 or more units	3.5%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Cowley County	Crawford County
Poverty rate	13.9%	20.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1962	1971