Pottawatomie County vs Sumner County

A side-by-side comparison of Pottawatomie County and Sumner County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pottawatomie County has the higher population (25,808 vs 22,386 in Sumner County). Pottawatomie County has the higher median household income ($87,694 vs $60,348 in Sumner County). Pottawatomie County has the higher median home value ($223,000 vs $118,700 in Sumner County).

Population, income & housing

	Pottawatomie County	Sumner County
Population	25,808	22,386
Median age	36.2 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$87,694	$60,348
Median home value	$223,000	$118,700
Median gross rent	$1,011	$829
Housing units	10,077	10,395
Homeownership rate	82.5%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.5%	26.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pottawatomie County	Sumner County
Population	23,847 → 25,808 (+8.2%)	23,114 → 22,386 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$66,835 → $87,694 (+31.2%)	$55,000 → $60,348 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$183,100 → $223,000 (+21.8%)	$89,800 → $118,700 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$854 → $1,011 (+18.4%)	$716 → $829 (+15.8%)

Pottawatomie County

Population

23,84725,808

Median household income

$66,835$87,694

Median home value

$183,100$223,000

Median gross rent

$854$1,011

Sumner County

Population

23,11422,386

Median household income

$55,000$60,348

Median home value

$89,800$118,700

Median gross rent

$716$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pottawatomie County	Sumner County
Under 5	7.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	21.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	7.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.5%
75 and over	5.9%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pottawatomie County	Sumner County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	87.2%
Black or African American	1.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pottawatomie County	Sumner County
No high school diploma	3.7%	6.0%
High school graduate	26.4%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pottawatomie County	Sumner County
Drove alone	80.1%	82.5%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.2%	7.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pottawatomie County	Sumner County
1-unit, detached	78.6%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Pottawatomie County	Sumner County
Poverty rate	7.1%	10.8%
Average household size	2.79	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1983	1966