Logan County vs Ness County

A side-by-side comparison of Logan County and Ness County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Logan County has the higher population (2,720 vs 2,659 in Ness County). Logan County has the higher median household income ($71,389 vs $66,107 in Ness County). Logan County has the higher median home value ($116,600 vs $85,400 in Ness County).

Population, income & housing

	Logan County	Ness County
Population	2,720	2,659
Median age	41.1 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,389	$66,107
Median home value	$116,600	$85,400
Median gross rent	$796	$653
Housing units	1,372	1,475
Homeownership rate	61.1%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Logan County	Ness County
Population	2,805 → 2,720 (-3.0%)	2,876 → 2,659 (-7.5%)
Median household income	$51,740 → $71,389 (+38.0%)	$56,492 → $66,107 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$86,600 → $116,600 (+34.6%)	$73,300 → $85,400 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	$681 → $796 (+16.9%)	$627 → $653 (+4.1%)

Logan County

Population

2,8052,720

Median household income

$51,740$71,389

Median home value

$86,600$116,600

Median gross rent

$681$796

Ness County

Population

2,8762,659

Median household income

$56,492$66,107

Median home value

$73,300$85,400

Median gross rent

$627$653

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Logan County	Ness County
Under 5	6.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	10.9%
25 to 34	12.6%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	8.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	9.6%
55 to 64	14.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	13.8%
75 and over	8.6%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Logan County	Ness County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.5%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Logan County	Ness County
No high school diploma	7.8%	8.5%
High school graduate	29.5%	35.4%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Logan County	Ness County
Drove alone	78.5%	73.4%
Carpooled	4.7%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	5.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	7.3%
Other means	0.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Logan County	Ness County
1-unit, detached	86.1%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Logan County	Ness County
Poverty rate	13.2%	11.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	18	16
Median year structure built	1961	1959