Graham County vs Stanton County

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

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

Graham County has the higher population (2,406 vs 2,018 in Stanton County). Stanton County has the higher median household income ($70,361 vs $52,909 in Graham County). Graham County has the higher median home value ($88,800 vs $64,200 in Stanton County).

Population, income & housing

	Graham County	Stanton County
Population	2,406	2,018
Median age	46.1 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,909	$70,361
Median home value	$88,800	$64,200
Median gross rent	$726	$691
Housing units	1,428	1,014
Homeownership rate	80.7%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graham County	Stanton County
Population	2,519 → 2,406 (-4.5%)	2,052 → 2,018 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$46,375 → $52,909 (+14.1%)	$52,054 → $70,361 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $88,800 (+22.5%)	$92,600 → $64,200 (-30.7%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $726 (+31.0%)	$675 → $691 (+2.4%)

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

Stanton County

Population

2,0522,018

Median household income

$52,054$70,361

Median home value

$92,600$64,200

Median gross rent

$675$691

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Graham County	Stanton County
Under 5	4.5%	6.6%
5 to 17	16.4%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	7.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	15.1%	17.2%
45 to 54	8.5%	3.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	7.8%
75 and over	12.9%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graham County	Stanton County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	45.9%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.2%
Asian	1.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	45.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Graham County	Stanton County
No high school diploma	4.6%	23.6%
High school graduate	30.5%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graham County	Stanton County
Drove alone	79.4%	79.3%
Carpooled	3.3%	10.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	4.9%
Other means	5.6%	4.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graham County	Stanton County
1-unit, detached	87.8%	67.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	31.5%

Poverty & households

	Graham County	Stanton County
Poverty rate	11.3%	12.9%
Average household size	2.00	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	12	12
Median year structure built	1957	1967