Blue Mound vs Prescott

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

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

Prescott has the higher population (275 vs 252 in Blue Mound). Blue Mound has the higher median household income ($44,583 vs $40,000 in Prescott). Blue Mound has the higher median home value ($54,200 vs $42,500 in Prescott).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Mound	Prescott
Population	252	275
Median age	44.9 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$44,583	$40,000
Median home value	$54,200	$42,500
Median gross rent	$582	$844
Housing units	137	131
Homeownership rate	79.0%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Mound	Prescott
Population	303 → 252 (-16.8%)	261 → 275 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $44,583 (+42.7%)	$26,125 → $40,000 (+53.1%)
Median home value	$37,900 → $54,200 (+43.0%)	$47,200 → $42,500 (-10.0%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $582 (+3.2%)	$504 → $844 (+67.5%)

Blue Mound

Population

303252

Median household income

$31,250$44,583

Median home value

$37,900$54,200

Median gross rent

$564$582

Prescott

Population

261275

Median household income

$26,125$40,000

Median home value

$47,200$42,500

Median gross rent

$504$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Mound	Prescott
Under 5	5.2%	3.3%
5 to 17	12.7%	24.7%
18 to 24	4.0%	9.5%
25 to 34	13.1%	14.9%
35 to 44	15.5%	10.5%
45 to 54	6.3%	4.7%
55 to 64	25.0%	10.2%
65 to 74	14.3%	4.4%
75 and over	4.0%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Mound	Prescott
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Mound	Prescott
No high school diploma	12.2%	8.1%
High school graduate	54.8%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Mound	Prescott
Drove alone	77.6%	89.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Mound	Prescott
1-unit, detached	86.9%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Blue Mound	Prescott
Poverty rate	35.7%	19.3%
Average household size	2.40	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1938	1944