Cedar Vale vs Sedan

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

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

Sedan has the higher population (1,066 vs 618 in Cedar Vale). Sedan has the higher median household income ($48,854 vs $44,844 in Cedar Vale). Sedan has the higher median home value ($42,200 vs $35,600 in Cedar Vale).

Population, income & housing

	Cedar Vale	Sedan
Population	618	1,066
Median age	33.0 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,844	$48,854
Median home value	$35,600	$42,200
Median gross rent	$525	$803
Housing units	394	570
Homeownership rate	72.3%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cedar Vale	Sedan
Population	638 → 618 (-3.1%)	859 → 1,066 (+24.1%)
Median household income	$37,688 → $44,844 (+19.0%)	$33,173 → $48,854 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$18,800 → $35,600 (+89.4%)	$37,100 → $42,200 (+13.7%)
Median gross rent	$448 → $525 (+17.2%)	$629 → $803 (+27.7%)

Cedar Vale

Population

638618

Median household income

$37,688$44,844

Median home value

$18,800$35,600

Median gross rent

$448$525

Sedan

Population

8591,066

Median household income

$33,173$48,854

Median home value

$37,100$42,200

Median gross rent

$629$803

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cedar Vale	Sedan
Under 5	8.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	28.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	18.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	7.6%	8.8%
75 and over	3.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cedar Vale	Sedan
White (non-Hispanic)	75.7%	80.4%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.8%
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%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cedar Vale	Sedan
No high school diploma	4.8%	11.3%
High school graduate	41.1%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cedar Vale	Sedan
Drove alone	97.1%	76.4%
Carpooled	0.6%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	4.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cedar Vale	Sedan
1-unit, detached	80.5%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	12.9%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Cedar Vale	Sedan
Poverty rate	21.7%	24.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1958	1951