Edwards County vs Lincoln County

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

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

Lincoln County has the higher population (2,924 vs 2,817 in Edwards County). Edwards County has the higher median household income ($53,792 vs $53,546 in Lincoln County). Lincoln County has the higher median home value ($92,600 vs $70,500 in Edwards County).

Population, income & housing

	Edwards County	Lincoln County
Population	2,817	2,924
Median age	44.3 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,792	$53,546
Median home value	$70,500	$92,600
Median gross rent	$732	$604
Housing units	1,551	1,667
Homeownership rate	82.1%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwards County	Lincoln County
Population	2,869 → 2,817 (-1.8%)	3,044 → 2,924 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$50,902 → $53,792 (+5.7%)	$45,076 → $53,546 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$61,400 → $70,500 (+14.8%)	$72,700 → $92,600 (+27.4%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $732 (+24.9%)	$530 → $604 (+14.0%)

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

Lincoln County

Population

3,0442,924

Median household income

$45,076$53,546

Median home value

$72,700$92,600

Median gross rent

$530$604

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwards County	Lincoln County
Under 5	5.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	8.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	15.9%	15.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	14.6%
75 and over	9.3%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwards County	Lincoln County
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	22.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwards County	Lincoln County
No high school diploma	12.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	32.8%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwards County	Lincoln County
Drove alone	78.8%	77.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	5.9%
Other means	1.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwards County	Lincoln County
1-unit, detached	92.9%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	1.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Edwards County	Lincoln County
Poverty rate	16.4%	11.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1945	1938