Edwards County vs Trego County

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

Edwards County and Trego 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 2,778 in Trego County). Trego County has the higher median household income ($73,375 vs $53,792 in Edwards County). Trego County has the higher median home value ($115,400 vs $70,500 in Edwards County).

Population, income & housing

	Edwards County	Trego County
Population	2,817	2,778
Median age	44.3 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,792	$73,375
Median home value	$70,500	$115,400
Median gross rent	$732	$694
Housing units	1,551	1,673
Homeownership rate	82.1%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Edwards County	Trego County
Population	2,869 → 2,817 (-1.8%)	2,840 → 2,778 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$50,902 → $53,792 (+5.7%)	$57,966 → $73,375 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$61,400 → $70,500 (+14.8%)	$99,300 → $115,400 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$586 → $732 (+24.9%)	$580 → $694 (+19.7%)

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

Trego County

Population

2,8402,778

Median household income

$57,966$73,375

Median home value

$99,300$115,400

Median gross rent

$580$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Edwards County	Trego County
Under 5	5.3%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.9%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.9%	16.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	15.2%
75 and over	9.3%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Edwards County	Trego County
White (non-Hispanic)	73.6%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
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%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.0%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Edwards County	Trego County
No high school diploma	12.3%	3.6%
High school graduate	32.8%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	34.2%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Edwards County	Trego County
Drove alone	78.8%	77.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	7.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Edwards County	Trego County
1-unit, detached	92.9%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Edwards County	Trego County
Poverty rate	16.4%	5.5%
Average household size	2.32	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1945	1963