Ellis County vs Pottawatomie County

A side-by-side comparison of Ellis County and Pottawatomie County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ellis County has the higher population (28,870 vs 25,808 in Pottawatomie County). Pottawatomie County has the higher median household income ($87,694 vs $59,889 in Ellis County). Pottawatomie County has the higher median home value ($223,000 vs $211,100 in Ellis County).

Population, income & housing

	Ellis County	Pottawatomie County
Population	28,870	25,808
Median age	32.5 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,889	$87,694
Median home value	$211,100	$223,000
Median gross rent	$899	$1,011
Housing units	13,247	10,077
Homeownership rate	62.4%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellis County	Pottawatomie County
Population	28,775 → 28,870 (+0.3%)	23,847 → 25,808 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$52,883 → $59,889 (+13.2%)	$66,835 → $87,694 (+31.2%)
Median home value	$169,100 → $211,100 (+24.8%)	$183,100 → $223,000 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$711 → $899 (+26.4%)	$854 → $1,011 (+18.4%)

Ellis County

Population

28,77528,870

Median household income

$52,883$59,889

Median home value

$169,100$211,100

Median gross rent

$711$899

Pottawatomie County

Population

23,84725,808

Median household income

$66,835$87,694

Median home value

$183,100$223,000

Median gross rent

$854$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellis County	Pottawatomie County
Under 5	5.1%	7.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	21.7%
18 to 24	19.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	12.7%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.6%	12.1%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.2%
75 and over	6.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellis County	Pottawatomie County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	87.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	1.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellis County	Pottawatomie County
No high school diploma	4.7%	3.7%
High school graduate	27.6%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellis County	Pottawatomie County
Drove alone	80.5%	80.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	7.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellis County	Pottawatomie County
1-unit, detached	70.6%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	2.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Ellis County	Pottawatomie County
Poverty rate	17.7%	7.1%
Average household size	2.24	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	13	24
Median year structure built	1972	1983