Kearny County vs Meade County

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

Kearny 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 3,910 in Kearny County). Meade County has the higher median household income ($74,868 vs $74,135 in Kearny County). Kearny County has the higher median home value ($152,500 vs $122,000 in Meade County).

Population, income & housing

	Kearny County	Meade County
Population	3,910	3,949
Median age	37.5 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,135	$74,868
Median home value	$152,500	$122,000
Median gross rent	$1,137	$799
Housing units	1,579	1,869
Homeownership rate	73.2%	72.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kearny County	Meade County
Population	3,907 → 3,910 (+0.1%)	4,180 → 3,949 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$52,599 → $74,135 (+40.9%)	$59,316 → $74,868 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $152,500 (+30.7%)	$96,800 → $122,000 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$645 → $1,137 (+76.3%)	$633 → $799 (+26.2%)

Kearny County

Population

3,9073,910

Median household income

$52,599$74,135

Median home value

$116,700$152,500

Median gross rent

$645$1,137

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)

	Kearny County	Meade County
Under 5	7.1%	7.1%
5 to 17	22.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	8.9%
25 to 34	9.6%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.0%	12.8%
65 to 74	9.8%	9.7%
75 and over	6.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kearny County	Meade County
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	72.9%
Black or African American	1.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	35.3%	23.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kearny County	Meade County
No high school diploma	14.7%	15.4%
High school graduate	39.7%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kearny County	Meade County
Drove alone	77.1%	78.7%
Carpooled	12.7%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	8.0%
Other means	1.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kearny County	Meade County
1-unit, detached	76.1%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.1%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	Kearny County	Meade County
Poverty rate	6.1%	6.6%
Average household size	2.81	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1972	1961