Ford County vs Harvey County

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

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

Ford County has the higher population (34,133 vs 33,823 in Harvey County). Harvey County has the higher median household income ($73,269 vs $70,495 in Ford County). Harvey County has the higher median home value ($173,300 vs $132,700 in Ford County).

Population, income & housing

	Ford County	Harvey County
Population	34,133	33,823
Median age	31.9 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,495	$73,269
Median home value	$132,700	$173,300
Median gross rent	$960	$891
Housing units	12,638	14,621
Homeownership rate	64.5%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ford County	Harvey County
Population	34,179 → 34,133 (-0.1%)	34,503 → 33,823 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$51,711 → $70,495 (+36.3%)	$57,982 → $73,269 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $132,700 (+18.0%)	$126,100 → $173,300 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $960 (+23.4%)	$733 → $891 (+21.6%)

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

Harvey County

Population

34,50333,823

Median household income

$57,982$73,269

Median home value

$126,100$173,300

Median gross rent

$733$891

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ford County	Harvey County
Under 5	8.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	21.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	6.7%	10.9%
75 and over	4.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ford County	Harvey County
White (non-Hispanic)	36.4%	81.2%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	58.2%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ford County	Harvey County
No high school diploma	23.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	28.0%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ford County	Harvey County
Drove alone	81.6%	78.6%
Carpooled	14.0%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	2.1%	8.5%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ford County	Harvey County
1-unit, detached	70.3%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	2.7%
20 or more units	2.6%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Ford County	Harvey County
Poverty rate	14.4%	8.0%
Average household size	2.84	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	13	21
Median year structure built	1972	1970