Cowley County vs Finney County

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

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

Finney County has the higher population (38,001 vs 34,487 in Cowley County). Finney County has the higher median household income ($72,437 vs $58,263 in Cowley County). Finney County has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $111,600 in Cowley County).

Population, income & housing

	Cowley County	Finney County
Population	34,487	38,001
Median age	38.1 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,263	$72,437
Median home value	$111,600	$191,100
Median gross rent	$779	$991
Housing units	15,647	14,279
Homeownership rate	70.5%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowley County	Finney County
Population	35,351 → 34,487 (-2.4%)	36,750 → 38,001 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$50,102 → $58,263 (+16.3%)	$60,798 → $72,437 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$89,000 → $111,600 (+25.4%)	$152,500 → $191,100 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $779 (+12.2%)	$806 → $991 (+23.0%)

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

Finney County

Population

36,75038,001

Median household income

$60,798$72,437

Median home value

$152,500$191,100

Median gross rent

$806$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowley County	Finney County
Under 5	5.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	22.3%
18 to 24	10.4%	10.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.1%
75 and over	8.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowley County	Finney County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	38.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	52.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowley County	Finney County
No high school diploma	8.4%	28.9%
High school graduate	31.0%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowley County	Finney County
Drove alone	79.1%	80.3%
Carpooled	12.2%	15.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	1.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	4.8%	3.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowley County	Finney County
1-unit, detached	74.5%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	7.1%
20 or more units	3.5%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Cowley County	Finney County
Poverty rate	13.9%	11.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1962	1977