Ellsworth County vs Greenwood County

A side-by-side comparison of Ellsworth County and Greenwood County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ellsworth County has the higher population (6,366 vs 5,956 in Greenwood County). Ellsworth County has the higher median household income ($66,792 vs $58,276 in Greenwood County). Ellsworth County has the higher median home value ($116,300 vs $82,600 in Greenwood County).

Population, income & housing

	Ellsworth County	Greenwood County
Population	6,366	5,956
Median age	43.7 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,792	$58,276
Median home value	$116,300	$82,600
Median gross rent	$705	$710
Housing units	3,110	3,682
Homeownership rate	81.5%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellsworth County	Greenwood County
Population	6,231 → 6,366 (+2.2%)	6,081 → 5,956 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$54,902 → $66,792 (+21.7%)	$41,982 → $58,276 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$99,400 → $116,300 (+17.0%)	$66,700 → $82,600 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $705 (+10.3%)	$578 → $710 (+22.8%)

Ellsworth County

Population

6,2316,366

Median household income

$54,902$66,792

Median home value

$99,400$116,300

Median gross rent

$639$705

Greenwood County

Population

6,0815,956

Median household income

$41,982$58,276

Median home value

$66,700$82,600

Median gross rent

$578$710

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellsworth County	Greenwood County
Under 5	4.1%	4.6%
5 to 17	13.5%	16.9%
18 to 24	5.0%	5.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	8.9%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.1%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.9%
65 to 74	12.8%	15.1%
75 and over	10.9%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellsworth County	Greenwood County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.3%	91.2%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.1%
Asian	0.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.5%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellsworth County	Greenwood County
No high school diploma	6.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	33.6%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellsworth County	Greenwood County
Drove alone	82.7%	78.8%
Carpooled	7.4%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.2%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellsworth County	Greenwood County
1-unit, detached	82.6%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	2.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Ellsworth County	Greenwood County
Poverty rate	8.5%	14.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1961	1958