Pawnee County vs Russell County

A side-by-side comparison of Pawnee County and Russell County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Russell County has the higher population (6,717 vs 6,220 in Pawnee County). Pawnee County has the higher median household income ($63,625 vs $53,902 in Russell County). Russell County has the higher median home value ($106,400 vs $102,400 in Pawnee County).

Population, income & housing

	Pawnee County	Russell County
Population	6,220	6,717
Median age	44.9 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,625	$53,902
Median home value	$102,400	$106,400
Median gross rent	$806	$722
Housing units	3,045	3,687
Homeownership rate	64.1%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pawnee County	Russell County
Population	6,629 → 6,220 (-6.2%)	6,948 → 6,717 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$49,917 → $63,625 (+27.5%)	$44,792 → $53,902 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$82,400 → $102,400 (+24.3%)	$93,400 → $106,400 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $806 (+33.9%)	$636 → $722 (+13.5%)

Pawnee County

Population

6,6296,220

Median household income

$49,917$63,625

Median home value

$82,400$102,400

Median gross rent

$602$806

Russell County

Population

6,9486,717

Median household income

$44,792$53,902

Median home value

$93,400$106,400

Median gross rent

$636$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pawnee County	Russell County
Under 5	3.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	10.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.5%	9.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.0%
45 to 54	12.1%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.3%
65 to 74	12.7%	14.5%
75 and over	9.5%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pawnee County	Russell County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	90.0%
Black or African American	6.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pawnee County	Russell County
No high school diploma	10.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	28.7%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pawnee County	Russell County
Drove alone	69.5%	79.2%
Carpooled	12.5%	11.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	3.4%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	7.8%
Other means	3.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pawnee County	Russell County
1-unit, detached	79.9%	90.6%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	3.4%
20 or more units	3.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Pawnee County	Russell County
Poverty rate	11.2%	15.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1955	1955