Mound City vs Parker

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

Mound City and Parker 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 336 in Parker). Parker has the higher median household income ($84,000 vs $58,681 in Mound City). Mound City has the higher median home value ($132,600 vs $124,200 in Parker).

Population, income & housing

	Mound City	Parker
Population	866	336
Median age	32.2 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,681	$84,000
Median home value	$132,600	$124,200
Median gross rent	$675	$850
Housing units	463	166
Homeownership rate	70.6%	92.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	9.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mound City	Parker
Population	1,088 → 866 (-20.4%)	503 → 336 (-33.2%)
Median household income	$43,203 → $58,681 (+35.8%)	$58,864 → $84,000 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$88,900 → $132,600 (+49.2%)	$68,800 → $124,200 (+80.5%)
Median gross rent	$706 → $675 (-4.4%)	—

Mound City

Population

1,088866

Median household income

$43,203$58,681

Median home value

$88,900$132,600

Median gross rent

$706$675

Parker

Population

503336

Median household income

$58,864$84,000

Median home value

$68,800$124,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mound City	Parker
Under 5	7.4%	1.2%
5 to 17	25.2%	20.8%
18 to 24	3.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	20.8%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	23.5%
45 to 54	4.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.9%	8.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.6%
75 and over	5.3%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mound City	Parker
White (non-Hispanic)	90.2%	85.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mound City	Parker
No high school diploma	1.6%	11.8%
High school graduate	38.7%	43.7%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mound City	Parker
Drove alone	83.1%	95.3%
Carpooled	7.4%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mound City	Parker
1-unit, detached	85.7%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Mound City	Parker
Poverty rate	10.5%	13.1%
Average household size	2.16	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	34	43
Median year structure built	1954	1982