Bluff City vs Harper

A side-by-side comparison of Bluff City and Harper: population, income, housing, and more.

Bluff City and Harper are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harper has the higher population (1,191 vs 37 in Bluff City). Bluff City has the higher median household income ($68,393 vs $58,839 in Harper). Since 2019, Harper's population has grown faster (-12.4% vs -66.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bluff City	Harper
Population	37	1,191
Median age	51.7 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,393	$58,839
Median home value	—	$80,300
Median gross rent	—	$809
Housing units	28	722
Homeownership rate	100.0%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluff City	Harper
Population	111 → 37 (-66.7%)	1,360 → 1,191 (-12.4%)
Median household income	$21,563 → $68,393 (+217.2%)	$46,636 → $58,839 (+26.2%)
Median home value	—	$60,500 → $80,300 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$667 → $809 (+21.3%)

Bluff City

Population

11137

Median household income

$21,563$68,393

Harper

Population

1,3601,191

Median household income

$46,636$58,839

Median home value

$60,500$80,300

Median gross rent

$667$809

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluff City	Harper
Under 5	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	32.4%	4.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	18.1%
35 to 44	0.0%	16.0%
45 to 54	29.7%	10.2%
55 to 64	16.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	13.5%	12.2%
75 and over	8.1%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluff City	Harper
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluff City	Harper
No high school diploma	24.0%	16.6%
High school graduate	28.0%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	48.0%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluff City	Harper
Drove alone	66.7%	74.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.1%
Worked from home	33.3%	3.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluff City	Harper
1-unit, detached	78.6%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	21.4%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Bluff City	Harper
Poverty rate	0.0%	16.2%
Average household size	2.85	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1960	1961