Edwards County vs Rush County

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

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

Rush County has the higher population (2,957 vs 2,817 in Edwards County). Rush County has the higher median household income ($60,288 vs $53,792 in Edwards County). Rush County has the higher median home value ($79,300 vs $70,500 in Edwards County).

Population, income & housing

	Edwards County	Rush County
Population	2,817	2,957
Median age	44.3 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,792	$60,288
Median home value	$70,500	$79,300
Median gross rent	$732	$700
Housing units	1,551	1,701
Homeownership rate	82.1%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwards County	Rush County
Population	2,869 → 2,817 (-1.8%)	3,022 → 2,957 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$50,902 → $53,792 (+5.7%)	$47,981 → $60,288 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$61,400 → $70,500 (+14.8%)	$70,800 → $79,300 (+12.0%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $732 (+24.9%)	$576 → $700 (+21.5%)

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

Rush County

Population

3,0222,957

Median household income

$47,981$60,288

Median home value

$70,800$79,300

Median gross rent

$576$700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwards County	Rush County
Under 5	5.3%	7.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	12.9%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.0%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	12.9%	14.3%
75 and over	9.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwards County	Rush County
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	22.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwards County	Rush County
No high school diploma	12.3%	8.6%
High school graduate	32.8%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwards County	Rush County
Drove alone	78.8%	78.2%
Carpooled	9.7%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.6%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.9%	8.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwards County	Rush County
1-unit, detached	92.9%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.2%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Edwards County	Rush County
Poverty rate	16.4%	11.4%
Average household size	2.32	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1945	1950