Haskell County vs Meade County

A side-by-side comparison of Haskell County and Meade County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meade County has the higher population (3,949 vs 3,695 in Haskell County). Meade County has the higher median household income ($74,868 vs $69,138 in Haskell County). Haskell County has the higher median home value ($154,800 vs $122,000 in Meade County).

Population, income & housing

	Haskell County	Meade County
Population	3,695	3,949
Median age	38.0 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,138	$74,868
Median home value	$154,800	$122,000
Median gross rent	$776	$799
Housing units	1,545	1,869
Homeownership rate	77.0%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haskell County	Meade County
Population	4,018 → 3,695 (-8.0%)	4,180 → 3,949 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$55,064 → $69,138 (+25.6%)	$59,316 → $74,868 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$107,000 → $154,800 (+44.7%)	$96,800 → $122,000 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$623 → $776 (+24.6%)	$633 → $799 (+26.2%)

Haskell County

Population

4,0183,695

Median household income

$55,064$69,138

Median home value

$107,000$154,800

Median gross rent

$623$776

Meade County

Population

4,1803,949

Median household income

$59,316$74,868

Median home value

$96,800$122,000

Median gross rent

$633$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Haskell County	Meade County
Under 5	6.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	20.2%	19.5%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.7%
75 and over	6.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haskell County	Meade County
White (non-Hispanic)	66.9%	72.9%
Black or African American	0.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	30.1%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haskell County	Meade County
No high school diploma	25.2%	15.4%
High school graduate	23.9%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haskell County	Meade County
Drove alone	75.7%	78.7%
Carpooled	11.6%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	5.5%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	8.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haskell County	Meade County
1-unit, detached	78.7%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Haskell County	Meade County
Poverty rate	10.8%	6.6%
Average household size	2.63	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1975	1961