Blue Mound vs Parker

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

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

Parker has the higher population (336 vs 252 in Blue Mound). Parker has the higher median household income ($84,000 vs $44,583 in Blue Mound). Parker has the higher median home value ($124,200 vs $54,200 in Blue Mound).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mound	Parker
Population	252	336
Median age	44.9 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,583	$84,000
Median home value	$54,200	$124,200
Median gross rent	$582	$850
Housing units	137	166
Homeownership rate	79.0%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mound	Parker
Population	303 → 252 (-16.8%)	503 → 336 (-33.2%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $44,583 (+42.7%)	$58,864 → $84,000 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$37,900 → $54,200 (+43.0%)	$68,800 → $124,200 (+80.5%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $582 (+3.2%)	—

Blue Mound

Population

303252

Median household income

$31,250$44,583

Median home value

$37,900$54,200

Median gross rent

$564$582

Parker

Population

503336

Median household income

$58,864$84,000

Median home value

$68,800$124,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mound	Parker
Under 5	5.2%	1.2%
5 to 17	12.7%	20.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	16.1%
35 to 44	15.5%	23.5%
45 to 54	6.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	25.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	14.3%	8.6%
75 and over	4.0%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mound	Parker
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mound	Parker
No high school diploma	12.2%	11.8%
High school graduate	54.8%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mound	Parker
Drove alone	77.6%	95.3%
Carpooled	7.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mound	Parker
1-unit, detached	86.9%	91.0%
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%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mound	Parker
Poverty rate	35.7%	13.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	33	43
Median year structure built	1938	1982