Cedar Vale vs Chautauqua

A side-by-side comparison of Cedar Vale and Chautauqua: population, income, housing, and more.

Cedar Vale and Chautauqua are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cedar Vale has the higher population (618 vs 108 in Chautauqua). Chautauqua has the higher median home value ($46,300 vs $35,600 in Cedar Vale). Since 2019, Chautauqua's population has grown faster (+120.4% vs -3.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Vale	Chautauqua
Population	618	108
Median age	33.0 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$44,844	—
Median home value	$35,600	$46,300
Median gross rent	$525	—
Housing units	394	46
Homeownership rate	72.3%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Vale	Chautauqua
Population	638 → 618 (-3.1%)	49 → 108 (+120.4%)
Median household income	$37,688 → $44,844 (+19.0%)	$26,250 → $32,500 (+23.8%)
Median home value	$18,800 → $35,600 (+89.4%)	$23,600 → $46,300 (+96.2%)
Median gross rent	$448 → $525 (+17.2%)	—

Cedar Vale

Population

638618

Median household income

$37,688$44,844

Median home value

$18,800$35,600

Median gross rent

$448$525

Chautauqua

Population

49108

Median household income

$26,250$32,500

Median home value

$23,600$46,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Vale	Chautauqua
Under 5	8.3%	12.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	2.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	1.9%
25 to 34	18.1%	4.6%
35 to 44	12.5%	7.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	31.5%
55 to 64	10.5%	10.2%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.3%
75 and over	3.9%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Vale	Chautauqua
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	86.1%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	12.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Vale	Chautauqua
No high school diploma	4.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	41.1%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Vale	Chautauqua
Drove alone	97.1%	76.7%
Carpooled	0.6%	20.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Vale	Chautauqua
1-unit, detached	80.5%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	23.9%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Vale	Chautauqua
Poverty rate	21.7%	9.3%
Average household size	2.38	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1958	1950