Pawnee County vs Sherman County

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

Pawnee 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.

Pawnee County has the higher population (6,220 vs 5,919 in Sherman County). Sherman County has the higher median household income ($64,444 vs $63,625 in Pawnee County). Sherman County has the higher median home value ($126,300 vs $102,400 in Pawnee County).

Population, income & housing

	Pawnee County	Sherman County
Population	6,220	5,919
Median age	44.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,625	$64,444
Median home value	$102,400	$126,300
Median gross rent	$806	$852
Housing units	3,045	2,938
Homeownership rate	64.1%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pawnee County	Sherman County
Population	6,629 → 6,220 (-6.2%)	5,938 → 5,919 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$49,917 → $63,625 (+27.5%)	$54,754 → $64,444 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$82,400 → $102,400 (+24.3%)	$111,400 → $126,300 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$602 → $806 (+33.9%)	$819 → $852 (+4.0%)

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

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)

	Pawnee County	Sherman County
Under 5	3.8%	7.2%
5 to 17	10.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	11.7%
25 to 34	14.5%	8.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.7%
75 and over	9.5%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pawnee County	Sherman County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	80.2%
Black or African American	6.8%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	12.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pawnee County	Sherman County
No high school diploma	10.6%	8.3%
High school graduate	28.7%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	41.9%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pawnee County	Sherman County
Drove alone	69.5%	75.3%
Carpooled	12.5%	5.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	11.5%	14.2%
Other means	3.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pawnee County	Sherman County
1-unit, detached	79.9%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	1.7%
20 or more units	3.9%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Pawnee County	Sherman County
Poverty rate	11.2%	10.0%
Average household size	2.19	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	20	11
Median year structure built	1955	1967