Edwards County vs Gove County

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

Edwards 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.

Edwards County has the higher population (2,817 vs 2,796 in Gove County). Gove County has the higher median household income ($63,203 vs $53,792 in Edwards County). Gove County has the higher median home value ($119,000 vs $70,500 in Edwards County).

Population, income & housing

	Edwards County	Gove County
Population	2,817	2,796
Median age	44.3 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,792	$63,203
Median home value	$70,500	$119,000
Median gross rent	$732	$730
Housing units	1,551	1,332
Homeownership rate	82.1%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwards County	Gove County
Population	2,869 → 2,817 (-1.8%)	2,644 → 2,796 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$50,902 → $53,792 (+5.7%)	$48,317 → $63,203 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$61,400 → $70,500 (+14.8%)	$89,600 → $119,000 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $732 (+24.9%)	$693 → $730 (+5.3%)

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

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)

	Edwards County	Gove County
Under 5	5.3%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	8.5%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	11.6%
75 and over	9.3%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwards County	Gove County
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	22.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwards County	Gove County
No high school diploma	12.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	32.8%	37.9%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwards County	Gove County
Drove alone	78.8%	75.7%
Carpooled	9.7%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	8.7%
Other means	1.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwards County	Gove County
1-unit, detached	92.9%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	1.6%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Edwards County	Gove County
Poverty rate	16.4%	4.1%
Average household size	2.32	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1945	1958