Edwards County vs Jewell County

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

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

Jewell County has the higher population (2,909 vs 2,817 in Edwards County). Edwards County has the higher median household income ($53,792 vs $52,344 in Jewell County). Edwards County has the higher median home value ($70,500 vs $62,100 in Jewell County).

Population, income & housing

	Edwards County	Jewell County
Population	2,817	2,909
Median age	44.3 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,792	$52,344
Median home value	$70,500	$62,100
Median gross rent	$732	$591
Housing units	1,551	1,760
Homeownership rate	82.1%	80.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwards County	Jewell County
Population	2,869 → 2,817 (-1.8%)	2,885 → 2,909 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$50,902 → $53,792 (+5.7%)	$40,676 → $52,344 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$61,400 → $70,500 (+14.8%)	$56,100 → $62,100 (+10.7%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $732 (+24.9%)	$508 → $591 (+16.3%)

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

Jewell County

Population

2,8852,909

Median household income

$40,676$52,344

Median home value

$56,100$62,100

Median gross rent

$508$591

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwards County	Jewell County
Under 5	5.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.9%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	2.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	16.8%
75 and over	9.3%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwards County	Jewell County
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	22.0%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwards County	Jewell County
No high school diploma	12.3%	6.2%
High school graduate	32.8%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwards County	Jewell County
Drove alone	78.8%	75.4%
Carpooled	9.7%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.6%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	9.4%
Other means	1.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwards County	Jewell County
1-unit, detached	92.9%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Edwards County	Jewell County
Poverty rate	16.4%	12.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1945	1938