Cowley County vs Harvey County

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

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

Cowley County has the higher population (34,487 vs 33,823 in Harvey County). Harvey County has the higher median household income ($73,269 vs $58,263 in Cowley County). Harvey County has the higher median home value ($173,300 vs $111,600 in Cowley County).

Population, income & housing

	Cowley County	Harvey County
Population	34,487	33,823
Median age	38.1 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$58,263	$73,269
Median home value	$111,600	$173,300
Median gross rent	$779	$891
Housing units	15,647	14,621
Homeownership rate	70.5%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cowley County	Harvey County
Population	35,351 → 34,487 (-2.4%)	34,503 → 33,823 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$50,102 → $58,263 (+16.3%)	$57,982 → $73,269 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$89,000 → $111,600 (+25.4%)	$126,100 → $173,300 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $779 (+12.2%)	$733 → $891 (+21.6%)

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

Harvey County

Population

34,50333,823

Median household income

$57,982$73,269

Median home value

$126,100$173,300

Median gross rent

$733$891

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cowley County	Harvey County
Under 5	5.4%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.5%	10.9%
75 and over	8.3%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cowley County	Harvey County
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	81.2%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.3%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cowley County	Harvey County
No high school diploma	8.4%	8.2%
High school graduate	31.0%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cowley County	Harvey County
Drove alone	79.1%	78.6%
Carpooled	12.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.8%	8.5%
Other means	1.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cowley County	Harvey County
1-unit, detached	74.5%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	2.7%
20 or more units	3.5%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Cowley County	Harvey County
Poverty rate	13.9%	8.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1962	1970