Republic County vs Stevens County

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

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

Stevens County has the higher population (5,212 vs 4,662 in Republic County). Stevens County has the higher median household income ($61,909 vs $53,611 in Republic County). Stevens County has the higher median home value ($124,500 vs $76,000 in Republic County).

Population, income & housing

	Republic County	Stevens County
Population	4,662	5,212
Median age	46.0 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,611	$61,909
Median home value	$76,000	$124,500
Median gross rent	$638	$930
Housing units	2,672	2,244
Homeownership rate	76.2%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	16.2%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Republic County	Stevens County
Population	4,658 → 4,662 (+0.1%)	5,603 → 5,212 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$47,976 → $53,611 (+11.7%)	$57,806 → $61,909 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $76,000 (+15.2%)	$114,900 → $124,500 (+8.4%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $638 (+6.2%)	$671 → $930 (+38.6%)

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

Stevens County

Population

5,6035,212

Median household income

$57,806$61,909

Median home value

$114,900$124,500

Median gross rent

$671$930

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Republic County	Stevens County
Under 5	5.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.7%	22.9%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	9.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	15.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	14.6%	10.3%
75 and over	11.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Republic County	Stevens County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	57.8%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	38.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Republic County	Stevens County
No high school diploma	5.2%	26.2%
High school graduate	30.7%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Republic County	Stevens County
Drove alone	78.6%	79.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	5.1%
Other means	2.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Republic County	Stevens County
1-unit, detached	87.6%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.6%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	27.9%

Poverty & households

	Republic County	Stevens County
Poverty rate	14.6%	15.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1941	1973