Rawlins County vs Sheridan County

A side-by-side comparison of Rawlins County and Sheridan County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rawlins County has the higher population (2,533 vs 2,442 in Sheridan County). Sheridan County has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $65,000 in Rawlins County). Sheridan County has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $99,400 in Rawlins County).

Population, income & housing

	Rawlins County	Sheridan County
Population	2,533	2,442
Median age	47.0 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$70,000
Median home value	$99,400	$152,000
Median gross rent	$823	$663
Housing units	1,363	1,156
Homeownership rate	68.6%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	24.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rawlins County	Sheridan County
Population	2,502 → 2,533 (+1.2%)	2,506 → 2,442 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$53,207 → $65,000 (+22.2%)	$62,885 → $70,000 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$101,600 → $99,400 (-2.2%)	$113,900 → $152,000 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $823 (+41.2%)	$640 → $663 (+3.6%)

Rawlins County

Population

2,5022,533

Median household income

$53,207$65,000

Median home value

$101,600$99,400

Median gross rent

$583$823

Sheridan County

Population

2,5062,442

Median household income

$62,885$70,000

Median home value

$113,900$152,000

Median gross rent

$640$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rawlins County	Sheridan County
Under 5	6.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	10.3%	9.3%
35 to 44	10.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	14.2%	14.2%
65 to 74	14.3%	12.2%
75 and over	13.3%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rawlins County	Sheridan County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rawlins County	Sheridan County
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.5%
High school graduate	27.8%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	50.4%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rawlins County	Sheridan County
Drove alone	69.9%	67.6%
Carpooled	12.2%	6.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	9.6%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	15.1%
Other means	2.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rawlins County	Sheridan County
1-unit, detached	79.1%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.1%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Rawlins County	Sheridan County
Poverty rate	10.1%	10.4%
Average household size	2.14	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	13	14
Median year structure built	1956	1966