Bluff City vs Waldron

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

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

Bluff City has the higher population (37 vs 12 in Waldron). Since 2019, Waldron's population has grown faster (-57.1% vs -66.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Bluff City	Waldron
Population	37	12
Median age	51.7 yrs	82.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,393	—
Housing units	28	14
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	10.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bluff City	Waldron
Population	111 → 37 (-66.7%)	28 → 12 (-57.1%)
Median household income	$21,563 → $68,393 (+217.2%)	$26,500 → $27,000 (+1.9%)

Bluff City

Population

11137

Median household income

$21,563$68,393

Waldron

Population

2812

Median household income

$26,500$27,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bluff City	Waldron
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	32.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	41.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	29.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.2%	0.0%
65 to 74	13.5%	0.0%
75 and over	8.1%	58.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bluff City	Waldron
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	66.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	33.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bluff City	Waldron
No high school diploma	24.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.0%	91.7%
Some college or associate's	48.0%	8.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bluff City	Waldron
Drove alone	66.7%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	100.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bluff City	Waldron
1-unit, detached	78.6%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.4%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Bluff City	Waldron
Poverty rate	0.0%	41.7%
Average household size	2.85	1.50
Median year structure built	1960	1945