Mitchell County vs Sherman County

A side-by-side comparison of Mitchell County and Sherman County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sherman County has the higher population (5,919 vs 5,767 in Mitchell County). Sherman County has the higher median household income ($64,444 vs $58,233 in Mitchell County). Sherman County has the higher median home value ($126,300 vs $109,600 in Mitchell County).

Population, income & housing

	Mitchell County	Sherman County
Population	5,767	5,919
Median age	43.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,233	$64,444
Median home value	$109,600	$126,300
Median gross rent	$653	$852
Housing units	3,124	2,938
Homeownership rate	70.0%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mitchell County	Sherman County
Population	6,145 → 5,767 (-6.2%)	5,938 → 5,919 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$46,203 → $58,233 (+26.0%)	$54,754 → $64,444 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$88,900 → $109,600 (+23.3%)	$111,400 → $126,300 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $653 (+16.4%)	$819 → $852 (+4.0%)

Mitchell County

Population

6,1455,767

Median household income

$46,203$58,233

Median home value

$88,900$109,600

Median gross rent

$561$653

Sherman County

Population

5,9385,919

Median household income

$54,754$64,444

Median home value

$111,400$126,300

Median gross rent

$819$852

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mitchell County	Sherman County
Under 5	5.7%	7.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.7%
25 to 34	8.5%	8.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.3%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.7%
75 and over	9.9%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mitchell County	Sherman County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	80.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mitchell County	Sherman County
No high school diploma	5.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	26.1%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	42.8%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mitchell County	Sherman County
Drove alone	78.1%	75.3%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.6%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.1%	14.2%
Other means	0.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mitchell County	Sherman County
1-unit, detached	81.9%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	1.7%
20 or more units	2.7%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Mitchell County	Sherman County
Poverty rate	12.5%	10.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	14	11
Median year structure built	1957	1967