Phillips County vs Rooks County

A side-by-side comparison of Phillips County and Rooks County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Phillips County has the higher population (4,874 vs 4,869 in Rooks County). Rooks County has the higher median household income ($61,596 vs $61,235 in Phillips County). Phillips County has the higher median home value ($94,700 vs $90,000 in Rooks County).

Population, income & housing

	Phillips County	Rooks County
Population	4,874	4,869
Median age	44.6 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,235	$61,596
Median home value	$94,700	$90,000
Median gross rent	$621	$679
Housing units	2,797	2,643
Homeownership rate	74.9%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Phillips County	Rooks County
Population	5,340 → 4,874 (-8.7%)	5,053 → 4,869 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$50,093 → $61,235 (+22.2%)	$49,415 → $61,596 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$79,600 → $94,700 (+19.0%)	$78,800 → $90,000 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$616 → $621 (+0.8%)	$550 → $679 (+23.5%)

Phillips County

Population

5,3404,874

Median household income

$50,093$61,235

Median home value

$79,600$94,700

Median gross rent

$616$621

Rooks County

Population

5,0534,869

Median household income

$49,415$61,596

Median home value

$78,800$90,000

Median gross rent

$550$679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Phillips County	Rooks County
Under 5	6.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	14.2%	13.0%
75 and over	10.4%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Phillips County	Rooks County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Phillips County	Rooks County
No high school diploma	7.6%	7.8%
High school graduate	33.2%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Phillips County	Rooks County
Drove alone	81.9%	84.5%
Carpooled	9.7%	7.3%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	5.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Phillips County	Rooks County
1-unit, detached	89.2%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Phillips County	Rooks County
Poverty rate	13.8%	5.3%
Average household size	2.20	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1958	1954