Decatur County vs Trego County

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

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

Trego County has the higher population (2,778 vs 2,746 in Decatur County). Trego County has the higher median household income ($73,375 vs $52,030 in Decatur County). Trego County has the higher median home value ($115,400 vs $78,500 in Decatur County).

Population, income & housing

	Decatur County	Trego County
Population	2,746	2,778
Median age	52.1 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,030	$73,375
Median home value	$78,500	$115,400
Median gross rent	$695	$694
Housing units	1,643	1,673
Homeownership rate	79.4%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Decatur County	Trego County
Population	2,860 → 2,746 (-4.0%)	2,840 → 2,778 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $52,030 (+8.1%)	$57,966 → $73,375 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$67,900 → $78,500 (+15.6%)	$99,300 → $115,400 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $695 (+3.9%)	$580 → $694 (+19.7%)

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

Trego County

Population

2,8402,778

Median household income

$57,966$73,375

Median home value

$99,300$115,400

Median gross rent

$580$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Decatur County	Trego County
Under 5	5.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.6%	13.2%
18 to 24	1.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	17.0%	16.3%
65 to 74	16.1%	15.2%
75 and over	13.2%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Decatur County	Trego County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	96.1%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Decatur County	Trego County
No high school diploma	5.8%	3.6%
High school graduate	29.5%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Decatur County	Trego County
Drove alone	64.9%	77.3%
Carpooled	4.9%	11.5%
Public transit	3.6%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Decatur County	Trego County
1-unit, detached	90.4%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Decatur County	Trego County
Poverty rate	13.0%	5.5%
Average household size	1.96	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1954	1963