Ford County vs Miami County

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

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

Miami County has the higher population (34,625 vs 34,133 in Ford County). Miami County has the higher median household income ($88,000 vs $70,495 in Ford County). Miami County has the higher median home value ($277,700 vs $132,700 in Ford County).

Population, income & housing

	Ford County	Miami County
Population	34,133	34,625
Median age	31.9 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,495	$88,000
Median home value	$132,700	$277,700
Median gross rent	$960	$1,101
Housing units	12,638	14,090
Homeownership rate	64.5%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ford County	Miami County
Population	34,179 → 34,133 (-0.1%)	33,417 → 34,625 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$51,711 → $70,495 (+36.3%)	$71,995 → $88,000 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$112,500 → $132,700 (+18.0%)	$201,400 → $277,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $960 (+23.4%)	$827 → $1,101 (+33.1%)

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

Miami County

Population

33,41734,625

Median household income

$71,995$88,000

Median home value

$201,400$277,700

Median gross rent

$827$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ford County	Miami County
Under 5	8.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	21.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	10.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	6.7%	10.4%
75 and over	4.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ford County	Miami County
White (non-Hispanic)	36.4%	91.0%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	58.2%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ford County	Miami County
No high school diploma	23.0%	5.2%
High school graduate	28.0%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ford County	Miami County
Drove alone	81.6%	77.5%
Carpooled	14.0%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	12.5%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ford County	Miami County
1-unit, detached	70.3%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	2.7%
20 or more units	2.6%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	10.4%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Ford County	Miami County
Poverty rate	14.4%	6.7%
Average household size	2.84	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	13	30
Median year structure built	1972	1985