Mound Valley vs Parsons

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

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

Parsons has the higher population (9,482 vs 320 in Mound Valley). Parsons has the higher median household income ($50,838 vs $40,972 in Mound Valley). Parsons has the higher median home value ($70,300 vs $46,700 in Mound Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Mound Valley	Parsons
Population	320	9,482
Median age	49.1 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,972	$50,838
Median home value	$46,700	$70,300
Median gross rent	$571	$743
Housing units	177	4,772
Homeownership rate	87.1%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.6%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mound Valley	Parsons
Population	337 → 320 (-5.0%)	9,736 → 9,482 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$32,083 → $40,972 (+27.7%)	$39,949 → $50,838 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$65,000 → $46,700 (-28.2%)	$65,000 → $70,300 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$557 → $571 (+2.5%)	$653 → $743 (+13.8%)

Mound Valley

Population

337320

Median household income

$32,083$40,972

Median home value

$65,000$46,700

Median gross rent

$557$571

Parsons

Population

9,7369,482

Median household income

$39,949$50,838

Median home value

$65,000$70,300

Median gross rent

$653$743

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mound Valley	Parsons
Under 5	3.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	10.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	15.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	5.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	6.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	22.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	16.6%	15.9%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.6%
75 and over	10.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mound Valley	Parsons
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	79.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.9%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mound Valley	Parsons
No high school diploma	10.8%	11.5%
High school graduate	31.8%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	49.8%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mound Valley	Parsons
Drove alone	61.4%	74.0%
Carpooled	19.3%	18.8%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	13.6%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mound Valley	Parsons
1-unit, detached	73.4%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	19.2%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Mound Valley	Parsons
Poverty rate	21.9%	20.7%
Average household size	2.05	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	11
Median year structure built	1961	1952