Chetopa vs Mound Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Chetopa and Mound Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Chetopa and Mound Valley are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chetopa has the higher population (995 vs 320 in Mound Valley). Mound Valley has the higher median household income ($40,972 vs $22,614 in Chetopa). Chetopa has the higher median home value ($63,300 vs $46,700 in Mound Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Chetopa	Mound Valley
Population	995	320
Median age	51.2 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$22,614	$40,972
Median home value	$63,300	$46,700
Median gross rent	$530	$571
Housing units	477	177
Homeownership rate	62.3%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.0%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chetopa	Mound Valley
Population	1,238 → 995 (-19.6%)	337 → 320 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$30,921 → $22,614 (-26.9%)	$32,083 → $40,972 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$51,200 → $63,300 (+23.6%)	$65,000 → $46,700 (-28.2%)
Median gross rent	$513 → $530 (+3.3%)	$557 → $571 (+2.5%)

Chetopa

Population

1,238995

Median household income

$30,921$22,614

Median home value

$51,200$63,300

Median gross rent

$513$530

Mound Valley

Population

337320

Median household income

$32,083$40,972

Median home value

$65,000$46,700

Median gross rent

$557$571

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chetopa	Mound Valley
Under 5	5.1%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	10.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	15.9%
25 to 34	8.5%	5.6%
35 to 44	7.6%	6.9%
45 to 54	13.8%	22.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	16.6%
65 to 74	21.5%	7.2%
75 and over	8.2%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chetopa	Mound Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	90.3%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.9%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chetopa	Mound Valley
No high school diploma	14.5%	10.8%
High school graduate	36.9%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	4.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chetopa	Mound Valley
Drove alone	81.8%	61.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	19.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.8%	5.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	13.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chetopa	Mound Valley
1-unit, detached	75.7%	73.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.7%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Chetopa	Mound Valley
Poverty rate	38.4%	21.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1958	1961