Greeley County vs Wallace County

A side-by-side comparison of Greeley County and Wallace County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wallace County has the higher population (1,459 vs 1,296 in Greeley County). Greeley County has the higher median household income ($78,819 vs $60,263 in Wallace County). Greeley County has the higher median home value ($108,900 vs $94,200 in Wallace County).

Population, income & housing

	Greeley County	Wallace County
Population	1,296	1,459
Median age	39.9 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$78,819	$60,263
Median home value	$108,900	$94,200
Median gross rent	$915	$578
Housing units	622	757
Homeownership rate	78.4%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	0.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greeley County	Wallace County
Population	1,185 → 1,296 (+9.4%)	1,574 → 1,459 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$54,112 → $78,819 (+45.7%)	$63,269 → $60,263 (-4.8%)
Median home value	$111,200 → $108,900 (-2.1%)	$89,400 → $94,200 (+5.4%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $915 (+27.1%)	$525 → $578 (+10.1%)

Greeley County

Population

1,1851,296

Median household income

$54,112$78,819

Median home value

$111,200$108,900

Median gross rent

$720$915

Wallace County

Population

1,5741,459

Median household income

$63,269$60,263

Median home value

$89,400$94,200

Median gross rent

$525$578

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greeley County	Wallace County
Under 5	8.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	22.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	7.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	15.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	10.3%	8.0%
55 to 64	12.2%	16.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	12.7%
75 and over	8.1%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greeley County	Wallace County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greeley County	Wallace County
No high school diploma	10.4%	7.8%
High school graduate	22.3%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greeley County	Wallace County
Drove alone	60.6%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	8.1%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.5%	8.6%
Other means	1.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greeley County	Wallace County
1-unit, detached	86.3%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Greeley County	Wallace County
Poverty rate	10.0%	12.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	13	15
Median year structure built	1964	1964