Decatur County vs Edwards County

A side-by-side comparison of Decatur County and Edwards County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edwards County has the higher population (2,817 vs 2,746 in Decatur County). Edwards County has the higher median household income ($53,792 vs $52,030 in Decatur County). Decatur County has the higher median home value ($78,500 vs $70,500 in Edwards County).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur County	Edwards County
Population	2,746	2,817
Median age	52.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,030	$53,792
Median home value	$78,500	$70,500
Median gross rent	$695	$732
Housing units	1,643	1,551
Homeownership rate	79.4%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	20.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur County	Edwards County
Population	2,860 → 2,746 (-4.0%)	2,869 → 2,817 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $52,030 (+8.1%)	$50,902 → $53,792 (+5.7%)
Median home value	$67,900 → $78,500 (+15.6%)	$61,400 → $70,500 (+14.8%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $695 (+3.9%)	$586 → $732 (+24.9%)

Decatur County

Population

2,8602,746

Median household income

$48,125$52,030

Median home value

$67,900$78,500

Median gross rent

$669$695

Edwards County

Population

2,8692,817

Median household income

$50,902$53,792

Median home value

$61,400$70,500

Median gross rent

$586$732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur County	Edwards County
Under 5	5.3%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.6%	17.9%
18 to 24	1.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	8.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	17.0%	15.9%
65 to 74	16.1%	12.9%
75 and over	13.2%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur County	Edwards County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	73.6%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.6%
Asian	0.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur County	Edwards County
No high school diploma	5.8%	12.3%
High school graduate	29.5%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur County	Edwards County
Drove alone	64.9%	78.8%
Carpooled	4.9%	9.7%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	21.2%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur County	Edwards County
1-unit, detached	90.4%	92.9%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Decatur County	Edwards County
Poverty rate	13.0%	16.4%
Average household size	1.96	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1954	1945