Harvey County vs Miami County

A side-by-side comparison of Harvey County and Miami County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Miami County has the higher population (34,625 vs 33,823 in Harvey County). Miami County has the higher median household income ($88,000 vs $73,269 in Harvey County). Miami County has the higher median home value ($277,700 vs $173,300 in Harvey County).

Population, income & housing

	Harvey County	Miami County
Population	33,823	34,625
Median age	40.2 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,269	$88,000
Median home value	$173,300	$277,700
Median gross rent	$891	$1,101
Housing units	14,621	14,090
Homeownership rate	69.5%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	32.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harvey County	Miami County
Population	34,503 → 33,823 (-2.0%)	33,417 → 34,625 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$57,982 → $73,269 (+26.4%)	$71,995 → $88,000 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$126,100 → $173,300 (+37.4%)	$201,400 → $277,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $891 (+21.6%)	$827 → $1,101 (+33.1%)

Harvey County

Population

34,50333,823

Median household income

$57,982$73,269

Median home value

$126,100$173,300

Median gross rent

$733$891

Miami County

Population

33,41734,625

Median household income

$71,995$88,000

Median home value

$201,400$277,700

Median gross rent

$827$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harvey County	Miami County
Under 5	5.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.4%
75 and over	9.9%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harvey County	Miami County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	91.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harvey County	Miami County
No high school diploma	8.2%	5.2%
High school graduate	25.2%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harvey County	Miami County
Drove alone	78.6%	77.5%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	12.5%
Other means	1.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harvey County	Miami County
1-unit, detached	79.5%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	2.7%
20 or more units	3.7%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Harvey County	Miami County
Poverty rate	8.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1970	1985