Ford County vs Geary County

A side-by-side comparison of Ford County and Geary County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Geary County has the higher population (35,895 vs 34,133 in Ford County). Ford County has the higher median household income ($70,495 vs $57,344 in Geary County). Geary County has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $132,700 in Ford County).

Population, income & housing

	Ford County	Geary County
Population	34,133	35,895
Median age	31.9 yrs	27.1 yrs
Median household income	$70,495	$57,344
Median home value	$132,700	$165,000
Median gross rent	$960	$1,119
Housing units	12,638	15,917
Homeownership rate	64.5%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ford County	Geary County
Population	34,179 → 34,133 (-0.1%)	34,025 → 35,895 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$51,711 → $70,495 (+36.3%)	$53,133 → $57,344 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $132,700 (+18.0%)	$148,800 → $165,000 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $960 (+23.4%)	$1,057 → $1,119 (+5.9%)

Ford County

Population

34,17934,133

Median household income

$51,711$70,495

Median home value

$112,500$132,700

Median gross rent

$778$960

Geary County

Population

34,02535,895

Median household income

$53,133$57,344

Median home value

$148,800$165,000

Median gross rent

$1,057$1,119

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ford County	Geary County
Under 5	8.9%	11.6%
5 to 17	21.9%	20.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	13.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	21.3%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	6.5%
55 to 64	11.0%	5.8%
65 to 74	6.7%	5.1%
75 and over	4.6%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ford County	Geary County
White (non-Hispanic)	36.4%	55.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.3%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.4%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	58.2%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ford County	Geary County
No high school diploma	23.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	28.0%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ford County	Geary County
Drove alone	81.6%	75.8%
Carpooled	14.0%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.9%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	2.1%	4.9%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ford County	Geary County
1-unit, detached	70.3%	49.9%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	14.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	13.2%
20 or more units	2.6%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Ford County	Geary County
Poverty rate	14.4%	19.3%
Average household size	2.84	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	13	18
Median year structure built	1972	1988