Cowley County vs Geary County

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

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

Geary County has the higher population (35,895 vs 34,487 in Cowley County). Cowley County has the higher median household income ($58,263 vs $57,344 in Geary County). Geary County has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $111,600 in Cowley County).

Population, income & housing

	Cowley County	Geary County
Population	34,487	35,895
Median age	38.1 yrs	27.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,263	$57,344
Median home value	$111,600	$165,000
Median gross rent	$779	$1,119
Housing units	15,647	15,917
Homeownership rate	70.5%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowley County	Geary County
Population	35,351 → 34,487 (-2.4%)	34,025 → 35,895 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$50,102 → $58,263 (+16.3%)	$53,133 → $57,344 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$89,000 → $111,600 (+25.4%)	$148,800 → $165,000 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $779 (+12.2%)	$1,057 → $1,119 (+5.9%)

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

Geary County

Population

34,02535,895

Median household income

$53,133$57,344

Median home value

$148,800$165,000

Median gross rent

$1,057$1,119

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowley County	Geary County
Under 5	5.4%	11.6%
5 to 17	18.2%	20.0%
18 to 24	10.4%	13.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	21.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	6.5%
55 to 64	12.7%	5.8%
65 to 74	10.5%	5.1%
75 and over	8.3%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowley County	Geary County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	55.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.9%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.3%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowley County	Geary County
No high school diploma	8.4%	6.6%
High school graduate	31.0%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowley County	Geary County
Drove alone	79.1%	75.8%
Carpooled	12.2%	11.1%
Public transit	0.1%	1.0%
Walked	1.7%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	4.8%	4.9%
Other means	1.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowley County	Geary County
1-unit, detached	74.5%	49.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	14.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	13.2%
20 or more units	3.5%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Cowley County	Geary County
Poverty rate	13.9%	19.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1962	1988