Blue Mound vs Linn Valley

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

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

Linn Valley has the higher population (944 vs 252 in Blue Mound). Linn Valley has the higher median household income ($51,694 vs $44,583 in Blue Mound). Linn Valley has the higher median home value ($141,200 vs $54,200 in Blue Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mound	Linn Valley
Population	252	944
Median age	44.9 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$44,583	$51,694
Median home value	$54,200	$141,200
Median gross rent	$582	—
Housing units	137	662
Homeownership rate	79.0%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mound	Linn Valley
Population	303 → 252 (-16.8%)	746 → 944 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $44,583 (+42.7%)	$61,528 → $51,694 (-16.0%)
Median home value	$37,900 → $54,200 (+43.0%)	$88,300 → $141,200 (+59.9%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $582 (+3.2%)	$1,304 → $961 (-26.3%)

Blue Mound

Population

303252

Median household income

$31,250$44,583

Median home value

$37,900$54,200

Median gross rent

$564$582

Linn Valley

Population

746944

Median household income

$61,528$51,694

Median home value

$88,300$141,200

Median gross rent

$1,304$961

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mound	Linn Valley
Under 5	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.7%	13.2%
18 to 24	4.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.1%	4.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	2.8%
45 to 54	6.3%	20.2%
55 to 64	25.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	14.3%	27.6%
75 and over	4.0%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mound	Linn Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mound	Linn Valley
No high school diploma	12.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	54.8%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mound	Linn Valley
Drove alone	77.6%	78.7%
Carpooled	7.1%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	6.3%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mound	Linn Valley
1-unit, detached	86.9%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	16.6%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mound	Linn Valley
Poverty rate	35.7%	15.1%
Average household size	2.40	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	33	38
Median year structure built	1938	1995