Hodgeman County vs Wallace County

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

Hodgeman 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.

Hodgeman County has the higher population (1,676 vs 1,459 in Wallace County). Hodgeman County has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $60,263 in Wallace County). Wallace County has the higher median home value ($94,200 vs $92,700 in Hodgeman County).

Population, income & housing

	Hodgeman County	Wallace County
Population	1,676	1,459
Median age	45.9 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$60,263
Median home value	$92,700	$94,200
Median gross rent	$900	$578
Housing units	814	757
Homeownership rate	81.1%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hodgeman County	Wallace County
Population	1,876 → 1,676 (-10.7%)	1,574 → 1,459 (-7.3%)
Median household income	$61,211 → $63,125 (+3.1%)	$63,269 → $60,263 (-4.8%)
Median home value	$84,800 → $92,700 (+9.3%)	$89,400 → $94,200 (+5.4%)
Median gross rent	$626 → $900 (+43.8%)	$525 → $578 (+10.1%)

Hodgeman County

Population

1,8761,676

Median household income

$61,211$63,125

Median home value

$84,800$92,700

Median gross rent

$626$900

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)

	Hodgeman County	Wallace County
Under 5	3.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	20.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.6%	9.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	8.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	8.0%
55 to 64	20.6%	16.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.7%
75 and over	10.9%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hodgeman County	Wallace County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	2.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hodgeman County	Wallace County
No high school diploma	4.7%	7.8%
High school graduate	29.8%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	38.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hodgeman County	Wallace County
Drove alone	83.4%	75.3%
Carpooled	5.6%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	5.9%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	8.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hodgeman County	Wallace County
1-unit, detached	90.2%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Hodgeman County	Wallace County
Poverty rate	6.0%	12.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1955	1964