Gove County vs Trego County

A side-by-side comparison of Gove County and Trego County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gove County has the higher population (2,796 vs 2,778 in Trego County). Trego County has the higher median household income ($73,375 vs $63,203 in Gove County). Gove County has the higher median home value ($119,000 vs $115,400 in Trego County).

Population, income & housing

	Gove County	Trego County
Population	2,796	2,778
Median age	41.7 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,203	$73,375
Median home value	$119,000	$115,400
Median gross rent	$730	$694
Housing units	1,332	1,673
Homeownership rate	79.1%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gove County	Trego County
Population	2,644 → 2,796 (+5.7%)	2,840 → 2,778 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$48,317 → $63,203 (+30.8%)	$57,966 → $73,375 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$89,600 → $119,000 (+32.8%)	$99,300 → $115,400 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $730 (+5.3%)	$580 → $694 (+19.7%)

Gove County

Population

2,6442,796

Median household income

$48,317$63,203

Median home value

$89,600$119,000

Median gross rent

$693$730

Trego County

Population

2,8402,778

Median household income

$57,966$73,375

Median home value

$99,300$115,400

Median gross rent

$580$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gove County	Trego County
Under 5	7.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.2%	13.2%
18 to 24	6.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	10.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.3%
65 to 74	11.6%	15.2%
75 and over	11.8%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gove County	Trego County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gove County	Trego County
No high school diploma	5.6%	3.6%
High school graduate	37.9%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gove County	Trego County
Drove alone	75.7%	77.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.4%	3.4%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	7.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gove County	Trego County
1-unit, detached	92.0%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	1.6%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Gove County	Trego County
Poverty rate	4.1%	5.5%
Average household size	2.35	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	17	16
Median year structure built	1958	1963