Marshall County vs Rice County

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

Marshall 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.

Marshall County has the higher population (10,001 vs 9,389 in Rice County). Marshall County has the higher median household income ($70,828 vs $63,947 in Rice County). Marshall County has the higher median home value ($119,500 vs $105,500 in Rice County).

Population, income & housing

	Marshall County	Rice County
Population	10,001	9,389
Median age	42.6 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,828	$63,947
Median home value	$119,500	$105,500
Median gross rent	$670	$717
Housing units	4,758	4,384
Homeownership rate	82.5%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshall County	Rice County
Population	9,749 → 10,001 (+2.6%)	9,658 → 9,389 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$51,895 → $70,828 (+36.5%)	$53,012 → $63,947 (+20.6%)
Median home value	$98,900 → $119,500 (+20.8%)	$74,700 → $105,500 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $670 (+12.4%)	$581 → $717 (+23.4%)

Marshall County

Population

9,74910,001

Median household income

$51,895$70,828

Median home value

$98,900$119,500

Median gross rent

$596$670

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)

	Marshall County	Rice County
Under 5	6.5%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	11.7%
25 to 34	9.7%	9.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.4%
75 and over	9.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshall County	Rice County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	78.2%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshall County	Rice County
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	38.9%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshall County	Rice County
Drove alone	76.8%	76.6%
Carpooled	12.1%	11.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.1%
Walked	4.7%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	5.3%	5.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshall County	Rice County
1-unit, detached	87.0%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	1.7%
20 or more units	1.3%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Marshall County	Rice County
Poverty rate	9.4%	7.4%
Average household size	2.39	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1960	1955