Finney County vs Saline County

A side-by-side comparison of Finney County and Saline County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Saline County has the higher population (53,801 vs 38,001 in Finney County). Finney County has the higher median household income ($72,437 vs $63,316 in Saline County). Finney County has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $171,900 in Saline County).

Population, income & housing

	Finney County	Saline County
Population	38,001	53,801
Median age	32.1 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,437	$63,316
Median home value	$191,100	$171,900
Median gross rent	$991	$915
Housing units	14,279	24,146
Homeownership rate	64.0%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Finney County	Saline County
Population	36,750 → 38,001 (+3.4%)	54,701 → 53,801 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$60,798 → $72,437 (+19.1%)	$52,200 → $63,316 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$152,500 → $191,100 (+25.3%)	$136,800 → $171,900 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $991 (+23.0%)	$761 → $915 (+20.2%)

Finney County

Population

36,75038,001

Median household income

$60,798$72,437

Median home value

$152,500$191,100

Median gross rent

$806$991

Saline County

Population

54,70153,801

Median household income

$52,200$63,316

Median home value

$136,800$171,900

Median gross rent

$761$915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Finney County	Saline County
Under 5	7.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.1%	10.3%
75 and over	4.4%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Finney County	Saline County
White (non-Hispanic)	38.0%	78.7%
Black or African American	4.2%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.9%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	52.4%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Finney County	Saline County
No high school diploma	28.9%	7.1%
High school graduate	22.9%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Finney County	Saline County
Drove alone	80.3%	79.1%
Carpooled	15.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.8%
Worked from home	3.1%	6.4%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Finney County	Saline County
1-unit, detached	60.9%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	13.6%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	5.7%
20 or more units	2.5%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Finney County	Saline County
Poverty rate	11.7%	12.3%
Average household size	2.82	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1977	1965