Harper County vs Morris County

A side-by-side comparison of Harper County and Morris County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harper County has the higher population (5,446 vs 5,388 in Morris County). Morris County has the higher median household income ($56,716 vs $55,417 in Harper County). Morris County has the higher median home value ($120,900 vs $77,300 in Harper County).

Population, income & housing

	Harper County	Morris County
Population	5,446	5,388
Median age	40.8 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,417	$56,716
Median home value	$77,300	$120,900
Median gross rent	$693	$711
Housing units	3,026	2,991
Homeownership rate	73.6%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harper County	Morris County
Population	5,594 → 5,446 (-2.6%)	5,566 → 5,388 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$49,865 → $55,417 (+11.1%)	$55,658 → $56,716 (+1.9%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $77,300 (+4.0%)	$103,000 → $120,900 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $693 (+1.8%)	$659 → $711 (+7.9%)

Harper County

Population

5,5945,446

Median household income

$49,865$55,417

Median home value

$74,300$77,300

Median gross rent

$681$693

Morris County

Population

5,5665,388

Median household income

$55,658$56,716

Median home value

$103,000$120,900

Median gross rent

$659$711

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harper County	Morris County
Under 5	6.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.5%	8.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.4%	16.9%
65 to 74	12.8%	14.1%
75 and over	9.3%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harper County	Morris County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harper County	Morris County
No high school diploma	10.3%	7.1%
High school graduate	37.3%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harper County	Morris County
Drove alone	78.8%	83.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	3.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.1%	7.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harper County	Morris County
1-unit, detached	85.5%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.3%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Harper County	Morris County
Poverty rate	15.3%	12.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1957	1955