Harper County vs Stevens County

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

Harper County and Stevens 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 5,212 in Stevens County). Stevens County has the higher median household income ($61,909 vs $55,417 in Harper County). Stevens County has the higher median home value ($124,500 vs $77,300 in Harper County).

Population, income & housing

	Harper County	Stevens County
Population	5,446	5,212
Median age	40.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,417	$61,909
Median home value	$77,300	$124,500
Median gross rent	$693	$930
Housing units	3,026	2,244
Homeownership rate	73.6%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harper County	Stevens County
Population	5,594 → 5,446 (-2.6%)	5,603 → 5,212 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$49,865 → $55,417 (+11.1%)	$57,806 → $61,909 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$74,300 → $77,300 (+4.0%)	$114,900 → $124,500 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $693 (+1.8%)	$671 → $930 (+38.6%)

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

Stevens County

Population

5,6035,212

Median household income

$57,806$61,909

Median home value

$114,900$124,500

Median gross rent

$671$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harper County	Stevens County
Under 5	6.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.3%	22.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	9.5%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.3%
75 and over	9.3%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harper County	Stevens County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	57.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	38.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harper County	Stevens County
No high school diploma	10.3%	26.2%
High school graduate	37.3%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harper County	Stevens County
Drove alone	78.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	12.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	5.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harper County	Stevens County
1-unit, detached	85.5%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	27.9%

Poverty & households

	Harper County	Stevens County
Poverty rate	15.3%	15.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1957	1973