Crawford County vs Geary County

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

Crawford 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.

Crawford County has the higher population (38,963 vs 35,895 in Geary County). Geary County has the higher median household income ($57,344 vs $50,311 in Crawford County). Geary County has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $122,400 in Crawford County).

Population, income & housing

	Crawford County	Geary County
Population	38,963	35,895
Median age	33.8 yrs	27.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,311	$57,344
Median home value	$122,400	$165,000
Median gross rent	$837	$1,119
Housing units	18,088	15,917
Homeownership rate	60.1%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawford County	Geary County
Population	38,968 → 38,963 (-0.0%)	34,025 → 35,895 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$41,004 → $50,311 (+22.7%)	$53,133 → $57,344 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$93,900 → $122,400 (+30.4%)	$148,800 → $165,000 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $837 (+16.7%)	$1,057 → $1,119 (+5.9%)

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

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)

	Crawford County	Geary County
Under 5	5.7%	11.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	20.0%
18 to 24	17.7%	13.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	21.3%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	6.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	5.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	5.1%
75 and over	6.5%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawford County	Geary County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	55.6%
Black or African American	1.8%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawford County	Geary County
No high school diploma	5.8%	6.6%
High school graduate	28.8%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawford County	Geary County
Drove alone	80.2%	75.8%
Carpooled	10.4%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.6%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.2%	4.9%
Other means	1.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawford County	Geary County
1-unit, detached	76.9%	49.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	14.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	13.2%
20 or more units	4.6%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Crawford County	Geary County
Poverty rate	20.8%	19.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1971	1988