Graham County vs Hamilton County

A side-by-side comparison of Graham County and Hamilton County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hamilton County has the higher population (2,485 vs 2,406 in Graham County). Hamilton County has the higher median household income ($61,929 vs $52,909 in Graham County). Hamilton County has the higher median home value ($119,700 vs $88,800 in Graham County).

Population, income & housing

	Graham County	Hamilton County
Population	2,406	2,485
Median age	46.1 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,909	$61,929
Median home value	$88,800	$119,700
Median gross rent	$726	$778
Housing units	1,428	1,030
Homeownership rate	80.7%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graham County	Hamilton County
Population	2,519 → 2,406 (-4.5%)	2,591 → 2,485 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$46,375 → $52,909 (+14.1%)	$46,944 → $61,929 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $88,800 (+22.5%)	$81,800 → $119,700 (+46.3%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $726 (+31.0%)	$668 → $778 (+16.5%)

Graham County

Population

2,5192,406

Median household income

$46,375$52,909

Median home value

$72,500$88,800

Median gross rent

$554$726

Hamilton County

Population

2,5912,485

Median household income

$46,944$61,929

Median home value

$81,800$119,700

Median gross rent

$668$778

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Graham County	Hamilton County
Under 5	4.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.4%	25.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.4%
35 to 44	15.1%	18.3%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.2%
55 to 64	16.1%	10.9%
65 to 74	13.0%	7.2%
75 and over	12.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graham County	Hamilton County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	57.3%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	41.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Graham County	Hamilton County
No high school diploma	4.6%	14.2%
High school graduate	30.5%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graham County	Hamilton County
Drove alone	79.4%	66.6%
Carpooled	3.3%	17.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	11.4%
Other means	5.6%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graham County	Hamilton County
1-unit, detached	87.8%	76.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	17.2%

Poverty & households

	Graham County	Hamilton County
Poverty rate	11.3%	3.7%
Average household size	2.00	3.21
Mean commute (minutes)	12	15
Median year structure built	1957	1969