Republic County vs Rooks County

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

Republic 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.

Rooks County has the higher population (4,869 vs 4,662 in Republic County). Rooks County has the higher median household income ($61,596 vs $53,611 in Republic County). Rooks County has the higher median home value ($90,000 vs $76,000 in Republic County).

Population, income & housing

	Republic County	Rooks County
Population	4,662	4,869
Median age	46.0 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,611	$61,596
Median home value	$76,000	$90,000
Median gross rent	$638	$679
Housing units	2,672	2,643
Homeownership rate	76.2%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Republic County	Rooks County
Population	4,658 → 4,662 (+0.1%)	5,053 → 4,869 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$47,976 → $53,611 (+11.7%)	$49,415 → $61,596 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $76,000 (+15.2%)	$78,800 → $90,000 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $638 (+6.2%)	$550 → $679 (+23.5%)

Republic County

Population

4,6584,662

Median household income

$47,976$53,611

Median home value

$66,000$76,000

Median gross rent

$601$638

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)

	Republic County	Rooks County
Under 5	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	15.7%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	14.6%	13.0%
75 and over	11.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Republic County	Rooks County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Republic County	Rooks County
No high school diploma	5.2%	7.8%
High school graduate	30.7%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Republic County	Rooks County
Drove alone	78.6%	84.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	5.4%
Other means	2.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Republic County	Rooks County
1-unit, detached	87.6%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Republic County	Rooks County
Poverty rate	14.6%	5.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	21	14
Median year structure built	1941	1954