Decatur County vs Gove County

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

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

Gove County has the higher population (2,796 vs 2,746 in Decatur County). Gove County has the higher median household income ($63,203 vs $52,030 in Decatur County). Gove County has the higher median home value ($119,000 vs $78,500 in Decatur County).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur County	Gove County
Population	2,746	2,796
Median age	52.1 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,030	$63,203
Median home value	$78,500	$119,000
Median gross rent	$695	$730
Housing units	1,643	1,332
Homeownership rate	79.4%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur County	Gove County
Population	2,860 → 2,746 (-4.0%)	2,644 → 2,796 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $52,030 (+8.1%)	$48,317 → $63,203 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$67,900 → $78,500 (+15.6%)	$89,600 → $119,000 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $695 (+3.9%)	$693 → $730 (+5.3%)

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

Gove County

Population

2,6442,796

Median household income

$48,317$63,203

Median home value

$89,600$119,000

Median gross rent

$693$730

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur County	Gove County
Under 5	5.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	1.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.0%	8.5%
55 to 64	17.0%	14.2%
65 to 74	16.1%	11.6%
75 and over	13.2%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur County	Gove County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	95.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur County	Gove County
No high school diploma	5.8%	5.6%
High school graduate	29.5%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur County	Gove County
Drove alone	64.9%	75.7%
Carpooled	4.9%	6.2%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur County	Gove County
1-unit, detached	90.4%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Decatur County	Gove County
Poverty rate	13.0%	4.1%
Average household size	1.96	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1954	1958