Geary County vs Harvey County

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

Geary 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.

Geary County has the higher population (35,895 vs 33,823 in Harvey County). Harvey County has the higher median household income ($73,269 vs $57,344 in Geary County). Harvey County has the higher median home value ($173,300 vs $165,000 in Geary County).

Population, income & housing

	Geary County	Harvey County
Population	35,895	33,823
Median age	27.1 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,344	$73,269
Median home value	$165,000	$173,300
Median gross rent	$1,119	$891
Housing units	15,917	14,621
Homeownership rate	42.8%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	31.5%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Geary County	Harvey County
Population	34,025 → 35,895 (+5.5%)	34,503 → 33,823 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$53,133 → $57,344 (+7.9%)	$57,982 → $73,269 (+26.4%)
Median home value	$148,800 → $165,000 (+10.9%)	$126,100 → $173,300 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,057 → $1,119 (+5.9%)	$733 → $891 (+21.6%)

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

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)

	Geary County	Harvey County
Under 5	11.6%	5.7%
5 to 17	20.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	13.8%	8.9%
25 to 34	21.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	12.2%	12.0%
45 to 54	6.5%	10.7%
55 to 64	5.8%	12.5%
65 to 74	5.1%	10.9%
75 and over	3.6%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Geary County	Harvey County
White (non-Hispanic)	55.6%	81.2%
Black or African American	16.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	3.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	8.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.2%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Geary County	Harvey County
No high school diploma	6.6%	8.2%
High school graduate	25.6%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	43.5%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Geary County	Harvey County
Drove alone	75.8%	78.6%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.7%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.5%
Other means	1.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Geary County	Harvey County
1-unit, detached	49.9%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	12.0%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	2.7%
20 or more units	5.1%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Geary County	Harvey County
Poverty rate	19.3%	8.0%
Average household size	2.53	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1988	1970