Crawford County vs Ford County

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

Crawford County and Ford 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 34,133 in Ford County). Ford County has the higher median household income ($70,495 vs $50,311 in Crawford County). Ford County has the higher median home value ($132,700 vs $122,400 in Crawford County).

Population, income & housing

	Crawford County	Ford County
Population	38,963	34,133
Median age	33.8 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,311	$70,495
Median home value	$122,400	$132,700
Median gross rent	$837	$960
Housing units	18,088	12,638
Homeownership rate	60.1%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawford County	Ford County
Population	38,968 → 38,963 (-0.0%)	34,179 → 34,133 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$41,004 → $50,311 (+22.7%)	$51,711 → $70,495 (+36.3%)
Median home value	$93,900 → $122,400 (+30.4%)	$112,500 → $132,700 (+18.0%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $837 (+16.7%)	$778 → $960 (+23.4%)

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

Ford County

Population

34,17934,133

Median household income

$51,711$70,495

Median home value

$112,500$132,700

Median gross rent

$778$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crawford County	Ford County
Under 5	5.7%	8.9%
5 to 17	16.4%	21.9%
18 to 24	17.7%	10.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.0%
65 to 74	9.1%	6.7%
75 and over	6.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawford County	Ford County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	36.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	58.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawford County	Ford County
No high school diploma	5.8%	23.0%
High school graduate	28.8%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawford County	Ford County
Drove alone	80.2%	81.6%
Carpooled	10.4%	14.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.2%	2.1%
Other means	1.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawford County	Ford County
1-unit, detached	76.9%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	3.4%
20 or more units	4.6%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Crawford County	Ford County
Poverty rate	20.8%	14.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	17	13
Median year structure built	1971	1972