Linn County vs Rice County

A side-by-side comparison of Linn County and Rice County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Linn County has the higher population (9,723 vs 9,389 in Rice County). Rice County has the higher median household income ($63,947 vs $59,200 in Linn County). Linn County has the higher median home value ($164,500 vs $105,500 in Rice County).

Population, income & housing

	Linn County	Rice County
Population	9,723	9,389
Median age	45.5 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,200	$63,947
Median home value	$164,500	$105,500
Median gross rent	$682	$717
Housing units	5,180	4,384
Homeownership rate	79.6%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linn County	Rice County
Population	9,671 → 9,723 (+0.5%)	9,658 → 9,389 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$48,778 → $59,200 (+21.4%)	$53,012 → $63,947 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$110,100 → $164,500 (+49.4%)	$74,700 → $105,500 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $682 (+2.2%)	$581 → $717 (+23.4%)

Linn County

Population

9,6719,723

Median household income

$48,778$59,200

Median home value

$110,100$164,500

Median gross rent

$667$682

Rice County

Population

9,6589,389

Median household income

$53,012$63,947

Median home value

$74,700$105,500

Median gross rent

$581$717

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Linn County	Rice County
Under 5	4.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	11.7%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	16.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	13.3%	11.4%
75 and over	9.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linn County	Rice County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	78.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linn County	Rice County
No high school diploma	5.9%	7.1%
High school graduate	37.0%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linn County	Rice County
Drove alone	78.5%	76.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	11.2%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	3.3%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.6%	5.2%
Other means	1.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linn County	Rice County
1-unit, detached	80.8%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.3%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	12.8%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Linn County	Rice County
Poverty rate	10.7%	7.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1981	1955