Graham County vs Wichita County

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

Graham County and Wichita 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 2,115 in Wichita County). Wichita County has the higher median household income ($71,282 vs $52,909 in Graham County). Wichita County has the higher median home value ($98,700 vs $88,800 in Graham County).

Population, income & housing

	Graham County	Wichita County
Population	2,406	2,115
Median age	46.1 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,909	$71,282
Median home value	$88,800	$98,700
Median gross rent	$726	$738
Housing units	1,428	990
Homeownership rate	80.7%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graham County	Wichita County
Population	2,519 → 2,406 (-4.5%)	2,130 → 2,115 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$46,375 → $52,909 (+14.1%)	$57,978 → $71,282 (+22.9%)
Median home value	$72,500 → $88,800 (+22.5%)	$88,900 → $98,700 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	$554 → $726 (+31.0%)	$707 → $738 (+4.4%)

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

Wichita County

Population

2,1302,115

Median household income

$57,978$71,282

Median home value

$88,900$98,700

Median gross rent

$707$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Graham County	Wichita County
Under 5	4.5%	9.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	7.1%	13.8%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	8.5%	7.3%
55 to 64	16.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	15.7%
75 and over	12.9%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graham County	Wichita County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	67.7%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	29.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Graham County	Wichita County
No high school diploma	4.6%	12.2%
High school graduate	30.5%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graham County	Wichita County
Drove alone	79.4%	67.8%
Carpooled	3.3%	16.3%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	11.8%
Other means	5.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graham County	Wichita County
1-unit, detached	87.8%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Graham County	Wichita County
Poverty rate	11.3%	16.3%
Average household size	2.00	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	12	13
Median year structure built	1957	1966