Ness County vs Trego County

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

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

Trego County has the higher population (2,778 vs 2,659 in Ness County). Trego County has the higher median household income ($73,375 vs $66,107 in Ness County). Trego County has the higher median home value ($115,400 vs $85,400 in Ness County).

Population, income & housing

	Ness County	Trego County
Population	2,659	2,778
Median age	46.1 yrs	47.7 yrs
Median household income	$66,107	$73,375
Median home value	$85,400	$115,400
Median gross rent	$653	$694
Housing units	1,475	1,673
Homeownership rate	79.3%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ness County	Trego County
Population	2,876 → 2,659 (-7.5%)	2,840 → 2,778 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$56,492 → $66,107 (+17.0%)	$57,966 → $73,375 (+26.6%)
Median home value	$73,300 → $85,400 (+16.5%)	$99,300 → $115,400 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$627 → $653 (+4.1%)	$580 → $694 (+19.7%)

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

Trego County

Population

2,8402,778

Median household income

$57,966$73,375

Median home value

$99,300$115,400

Median gross rent

$580$694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ness County	Trego County
Under 5	3.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	16.5%	13.2%
18 to 24	10.9%	3.8%
25 to 34	9.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	8.2%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	16.8%	16.3%
65 to 74	13.8%	15.2%
75 and over	10.8%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ness County	Trego County
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ness County	Trego County
No high school diploma	8.5%	3.6%
High school graduate	35.4%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ness County	Trego County
Drove alone	73.4%	77.3%
Carpooled	12.0%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	7.8%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ness County	Trego County
1-unit, detached	90.9%	89.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.7%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Ness County	Trego County
Poverty rate	11.4%	5.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	16	16
Median year structure built	1959	1963