Crawford County vs Reno County

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

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

Reno County has the higher population (61,693 vs 38,963 in Crawford County). Reno County has the higher median household income ($60,498 vs $50,311 in Crawford County). Reno County has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $122,400 in Crawford County).

Population, income & housing

	Crawford County	Reno County
Population	38,963	61,693
Median age	33.8 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,311	$60,498
Median home value	$122,400	$125,000
Median gross rent	$837	$857
Housing units	18,088	28,309
Homeownership rate	60.1%	69.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	20.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawford County	Reno County
Population	38,968 → 38,963 (-0.0%)	62,765 → 61,693 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$41,004 → $50,311 (+22.7%)	$49,936 → $60,498 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$93,900 → $122,400 (+30.4%)	$101,300 → $125,000 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $837 (+16.7%)	$696 → $857 (+23.1%)

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

Reno County

Population

62,76561,693

Median household income

$49,936$60,498

Median home value

$101,300$125,000

Median gross rent

$696$857

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crawford County	Reno County
Under 5	5.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.9%
18 to 24	17.7%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.4%	11.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	13.4%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.6%
75 and over	6.5%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawford County	Reno County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	82.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.4%
Asian	1.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawford County	Reno County
No high school diploma	5.8%	8.8%
High school graduate	28.8%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawford County	Reno County
Drove alone	80.2%	82.6%
Carpooled	10.4%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.6%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.2%	5.8%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawford County	Reno County
1-unit, detached	76.9%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	4.6%
20 or more units	4.6%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Crawford County	Reno County
Poverty rate	20.8%	12.4%
Average household size	2.34	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1971	1963