Comanche County, KS

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2024 Population
1,729
US Senator
Jerry Moran
Republican Party
US Senator
Roger Marshall
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
49.6
2.36% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
9.23%
17.5% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Property Value
$69,600
16.2% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Comanche County, KS reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.4% of the residents in Comanche County, KS are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Comanche County, KS was $69,600, and the homeownership rate was 73.4%.

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Population & Diversity

Comanche County, KS is home to a population of 1.73k people, from which 99.4% are citizens. As of N/A, NaNk% of Comanche County, KS residents were born outside of the country (N/A people).

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.4%
2024 Citizenship
99.9%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.4% of Comanche County, KS residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Comanche County, KS was 99.9%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Comanche County, KS compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

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Diversity

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the County level, so we are showing data for Kansas.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    83,075 ± 6,976 people
  2. India
    12,929 ± 2,785 people
  3. Vietnam
    10,325 ± 2,490 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Kansas was Mexico, the natal country of 83,075 Kansas residents, followed by India with 12,929 and Vietnam with 10,325.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    28 ± 22
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    25 ± 21
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    15 ± 19

Comanche County, KS has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.12 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

Industries

Median Earnings by Industry

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Manufacturing ($70,052), Other Services Except Public Administration ($61,250), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($56,971).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($56,250), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($42,981), and Public Administration ($35,313).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
3.11%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.44M people employed in Kansas. This represents a 3.11% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.9%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Kansas.

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Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments
  1. 11
    Other Services (except Public Administration)
  2. 8
    Retail Trade
  3. 6
    Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

The visualization shows the number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

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Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll
  1. $5.83k
    Health Care and Social Assistance
  2. $1.63k
    Retail Trade
  3. $1.41k
    Manufacturing

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Kansas went to Donald J. Trump with 57.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (41%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.23%).

Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall are the senators currently representing the state of Kansas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Kansas is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Comanche County, KS. Showing the available data for Kansas.
2024 Election Results
  1. Donald J. Trump (57.2%)
    Republican Party
  2. Kamala Harris (41%)
    Democratic Party
  3. Robert Kennedy (1.23%)
    Independent Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Kansas went to Donald J. Trump with 57.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (41%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.23%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Kansas for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from Kansas

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Jerry Moran
Senator from Kansas3
Assumed office on January 3, 2011
Roger Marshall
Senator from Kansas2
Assumed office on January 3, 2021

Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall are the senators currently representing Kansas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Kansas over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Comanche County, KS was $69,600 in 2024, which is 0.209 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $59,900 to $69,600, a 16.2% increase. The homeownership rate in Comanche County, KS is 73.4%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

In 2025, 6.51% of the population was living with severe housing problems in Comanche County, KS. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator declined 1.89%.

Housing

Property

$69,600
Median Property Value 2024
±$16,457
$605
Median Property Taxes
±$97

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Comanche County, KS the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Comanche County, KS compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

73.4%
Homeownership
2024
55.2%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 73.4% of the housing units in Comanche County, KS were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 73.2%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Comanche County, KS compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

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Equity

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Comanche County, KS is from Kansas.
0.458
2023 Wage GINI in Kansas
0.462
2022 Wage GINI in Kansas

In 2023, the income inequality in Kansas was 0.458 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.893% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Kansas was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Kansas in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Kansas across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

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Transportation

Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Comanche County, KS distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Comanche County, KS have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Severe Housing Problems

In 2025, 6.51% of the population was living with severe housing problems in Comanche County, KS. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator declined 1.89%.

The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the population living with severe housing problems.

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Poverty & Diversity

9.23% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Comanche County, KS (154 out of 1.67k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Comanche County, KS is White, followed by Two Or More and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Children in Poverty

In 2025, 17.1% of the children was living in poverty in Comanche County, KS. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator grew 2.5%.

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Health

N/A% of the population of Comanche County, KS has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 46.9% were men and 53.1% were women.

Health Indicators

Clinical Care

Indicator

In 2025, the percentage of population under age 65 without health insurance was 9.04% in Comanche County, KS.

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