Blue Mound vs Mound City

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

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

Mound City has the higher population (866 vs 252 in Blue Mound). Mound City has the higher median household income ($58,681 vs $44,583 in Blue Mound). Mound City has the higher median home value ($132,600 vs $54,200 in Blue Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mound	Mound City
Population	252	866
Median age	44.9 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,583	$58,681
Median home value	$54,200	$132,600
Median gross rent	$582	$675
Housing units	137	463
Homeownership rate	79.0%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mound	Mound City
Population	303 → 252 (-16.8%)	1,088 → 866 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $44,583 (+42.7%)	$43,203 → $58,681 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$37,900 → $54,200 (+43.0%)	$88,900 → $132,600 (+49.2%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $582 (+3.2%)	$706 → $675 (-4.4%)

Blue Mound

Population

303252

Median household income

$31,250$44,583

Median home value

$37,900$54,200

Median gross rent

$564$582

Mound City

Population

1,088866

Median household income

$43,203$58,681

Median home value

$88,900$132,600

Median gross rent

$706$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mound	Mound City
Under 5	5.2%	7.4%
5 to 17	12.7%	25.2%
18 to 24	4.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	13.1%	20.8%
35 to 44	15.5%	12.1%
45 to 54	6.3%	4.5%
55 to 64	25.0%	10.9%
65 to 74	14.3%	10.3%
75 and over	4.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mound	Mound City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mound	Mound City
No high school diploma	12.2%	1.6%
High school graduate	54.8%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mound	Mound City
Drove alone	77.6%	83.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mound	Mound City
1-unit, detached	86.9%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mound	Mound City
Poverty rate	35.7%	10.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1938	1954