Cedar Vale vs Peru

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

Cedar Vale and Peru 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 165 in Peru). Peru has the higher median household income ($45,000 vs $44,844 in Cedar Vale). Cedar Vale has the higher median home value ($35,600 vs $33,900 in Peru).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Vale	Peru
Population	618	165
Median age	33.0 yrs	61.9 yrs
Median household income	$44,844	$45,000
Median home value	$35,600	$33,900
Median gross rent	$525	—
Housing units	394	114
Homeownership rate	72.3%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	4.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Vale	Peru
Population	638 → 618 (-3.1%)	203 → 165 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$37,688 → $44,844 (+19.0%)	$41,964 → $45,000 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$18,800 → $35,600 (+89.4%)	$23,600 → $33,900 (+43.6%)
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

Peru

Population

203165

Median household income

$41,964$45,000

Median home value

$23,600$33,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Vale	Peru
Under 5	8.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.6%	9.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	3.0%
25 to 34	18.1%	7.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.3%
45 to 54	12.0%	9.7%
55 to 64	10.5%	9.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	19.4%
75 and over	3.9%	27.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Vale	Peru
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	86.7%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	11.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Vale	Peru
No high school diploma	4.8%	29.2%
High school graduate	41.1%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	2.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Vale	Peru
Drove alone	97.1%	79.2%
Carpooled	0.6%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	18.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Vale	Peru
1-unit, detached	80.5%	83.3%
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%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Vale	Peru
Poverty rate	21.7%	6.1%
Average household size	2.38	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	23	34
Median year structure built	1958	1938