Graham County vs Sheridan County

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

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

Sheridan County has the higher population (2,442 vs 2,406 in Graham County). Sheridan County has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $52,909 in Graham County). Sheridan County has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $88,800 in Graham County).

Population, income & housing

	Graham County	Sheridan County
Population	2,406	2,442
Median age	46.1 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,909	$70,000
Median home value	$88,800	$152,000
Median gross rent	$726	$663
Housing units	1,428	1,156
Homeownership rate	80.7%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graham County	Sheridan County
Population	2,519 → 2,406 (-4.5%)	2,506 → 2,442 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$46,375 → $52,909 (+14.1%)	$62,885 → $70,000 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $88,800 (+22.5%)	$113,900 → $152,000 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $726 (+31.0%)	$640 → $663 (+3.6%)

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

Sheridan County

Population

2,5062,442

Median household income

$62,885$70,000

Median home value

$113,900$152,000

Median gross rent

$640$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Graham County	Sheridan County
Under 5	4.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	19.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.1%	9.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	8.5%	10.2%
55 to 64	16.1%	14.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.2%
75 and over	12.9%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graham County	Sheridan County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	91.6%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Graham County	Sheridan County
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	30.5%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graham County	Sheridan County
Drove alone	79.4%	67.6%
Carpooled	3.3%	6.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	9.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	15.1%
Other means	5.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graham County	Sheridan County
1-unit, detached	87.8%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Graham County	Sheridan County
Poverty rate	11.3%	10.4%
Average household size	2.00	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	12	14
Median year structure built	1957	1966