Mound Valley vs Oswego

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

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

Oswego has the higher population (1,770 vs 320 in Mound Valley). Oswego has the higher median household income ($51,701 vs $40,972 in Mound Valley). Oswego has the higher median home value ($80,700 vs $46,700 in Mound Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Mound Valley	Oswego
Population	320	1,770
Median age	49.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$40,972	$51,701
Median home value	$46,700	$80,700
Median gross rent	$571	$690
Housing units	177	809
Homeownership rate	87.1%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mound Valley	Oswego
Population	337 → 320 (-5.0%)	1,676 → 1,770 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$32,083 → $40,972 (+27.7%)	$43,232 → $51,701 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $46,700 (-28.2%)	$58,500 → $80,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$557 → $571 (+2.5%)	$536 → $690 (+28.7%)

Mound Valley

Population

337320

Median household income

$32,083$40,972

Median home value

$65,000$46,700

Median gross rent

$557$571

Oswego

Population

1,6761,770

Median household income

$43,232$51,701

Median home value

$58,500$80,700

Median gross rent

$536$690

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mound Valley	Oswego
Under 5	3.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	10.6%	17.7%
18 to 24	15.9%	8.4%
25 to 34	5.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	6.9%	13.7%
45 to 54	22.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	9.9%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.4%
75 and over	10.6%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mound Valley	Oswego
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	85.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mound Valley	Oswego
No high school diploma	10.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	31.8%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	49.8%	43.2%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mound Valley	Oswego
Drove alone	61.4%	86.2%
Carpooled	19.3%	4.2%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mound Valley	Oswego
1-unit, detached	73.4%	87.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Mound Valley	Oswego
Poverty rate	21.9%	20.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1961	1958