Pay and cost of living in Ford County, KS
Across the 10 occupations we cover in Ford County, KS, the middle median salary is $32,260 a year. Pay runs from $26,220 for Fast Food and Counter Workers up to $78,730 for Registered Nurses, a spread of $52,510. Wages come from the Kansas nonmetropolitan area survey area.
A one-bedroom apartment in Ford County, KS has a HUD Fair Market Rent of $829 a month and a two-bedroom $1,085. Rent, food, home energy and gasoline for one adult add up to $16,830 a year. After federal, FICA and state income taxes, the average occupation here takes home $31,322 a year, and every one of the 10 occupations listed here earns enough take-home pay to cover the four basics.
Open any occupation below for its full payslip, the tax breakdown, the rent comparison and a plain-English explanation of what is left after the basics. Every figure uses the same method, so results are comparable from one job and one county to the next.
Housing, taxes and commute in Ford County, KS
The figures below are exact U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates for Ford County, KS, set beside the Kansas and national medians.
Median household income in Ford County, KS is $70,781, 5% below the Kansas median of $74,275 and $80,734 nationally. A year of one-bedroom Fair Market Rent ($9,948) equals 14.1% of that income. The median of the occupation medians listed here, $32,260, is 54% below household income, which is expected because a household can hold more than one earner.
Homeowners in Ford County, KS pay a median of $2,300 a year in real estate taxes, 18% below the Kansas median of $2,798. With a median home value of $151,100, 30% below the Kansas median of $217,200, the ratio of the two medians is 1.52% a year.
Renters in Ford County, KS pay a median gross rent of $1,010 a month in the Census survey, 5% below the Kansas median of $1,060. HUD's one-bedroom Fair Market Rent used for the budgets on this site is $829; the Census figure covers rental units of every size.
Workers in Ford County, KS who travel to a workplace spend an average of 12.7 minutes each way, 36% below the Kansas average of 19.7. 2.9% of workers work from home, compared with 15.1% nationally.