Douglas County vs Johnson County

A side-by-side comparison of Douglas County and Johnson County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Johnson County has the higher population (614,764 vs 119,547 in Douglas County). Johnson County has the higher median household income ($107,261 vs $68,756 in Douglas County). Johnson County has the higher median home value ($366,000 vs $281,600 in Douglas County).

Population, income & housing

	Douglas County	Johnson County
Population	119,547	614,764
Median age	31.3 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,756	$107,261
Median home value	$281,600	$366,000
Median gross rent	$1,066	$1,385
Housing units	53,308	255,320
Homeownership rate	49.5%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.0%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglas County	Johnson County
Population	120,290 → 119,547 (-0.6%)	591,506 → 614,764 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$59,435 → $68,756 (+15.7%)	$89,087 → $107,261 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$199,400 → $281,600 (+41.2%)	$259,600 → $366,000 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$926 → $1,066 (+15.1%)	$1,109 → $1,385 (+24.9%)

Douglas County

Population

120,290119,547

Median household income

$59,435$68,756

Median home value

$199,400$281,600

Median gross rent

$926$1,066

Johnson County

Population

591,506614,764

Median household income

$89,087$107,261

Median home value

$259,600$366,000

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,385

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglas County	Johnson County
Under 5	4.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	13.3%	17.8%
18 to 24	23.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	9.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	8.4%	9.4%
75 and over	4.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglas County	Johnson County
White (non-Hispanic)	76.5%	76.9%
Black or African American	4.0%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.5%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglas County	Johnson County
No high school diploma	4.1%	3.5%
High school graduate	19.5%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.0%	34.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.1%	22.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglas County	Johnson County
Drove alone	70.0%	72.2%
Carpooled	7.3%	5.7%
Public transit	2.6%	0.2%
Walked	4.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.1%	20.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglas County	Johnson County
1-unit, detached	53.5%	66.3%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	7.9%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	12.3%
20 or more units	10.8%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Douglas County	Johnson County
Poverty rate	15.2%	5.3%
Average household size	2.22	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1988	1988