Doniphan County vs Thomas County

A side-by-side comparison of Doniphan County and Thomas County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thomas County has the higher population (7,913 vs 7,492 in Doniphan County). Thomas County has the higher median household income ($73,575 vs $72,833 in Doniphan County). Thomas County has the higher median home value ($165,900 vs $121,200 in Doniphan County).

Population, income & housing

	Doniphan County	Thomas County
Population	7,492	7,913
Median age	41.3 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$72,833	$73,575
Median home value	$121,200	$165,900
Median gross rent	$801	$753
Housing units	3,375	3,580
Homeownership rate	81.8%	76.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Doniphan County	Thomas County
Population	7,684 → 7,492 (-2.5%)	7,810 → 7,913 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$49,703 → $72,833 (+46.5%)	$60,124 → $73,575 (+22.4%)
Median home value	$100,600 → $121,200 (+20.5%)	$129,700 → $165,900 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $801 (+23.4%)	$638 → $753 (+18.0%)

Doniphan County

Population

7,6847,492

Median household income

$49,703$72,833

Median home value

$100,600$121,200

Median gross rent

$649$801

Thomas County

Population

7,8107,913

Median household income

$60,124$73,575

Median home value

$129,700$165,900

Median gross rent

$638$753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Doniphan County	Thomas County
Under 5	5.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.2%	17.3%
18 to 24	13.3%	13.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.6%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	10.2%
75 and over	7.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Doniphan County	Thomas County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	90.1%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Doniphan County	Thomas County
No high school diploma	7.1%	6.5%
High school graduate	35.3%	20.9%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	42.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Doniphan County	Thomas County
Drove alone	80.4%	81.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.8%	8.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Doniphan County	Thomas County
1-unit, detached	80.0%	80.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Doniphan County	Thomas County
Poverty rate	9.8%	6.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	11
Median year structure built	1970	1965