Beattie vs Blue Rapids

A side-by-side comparison of Beattie and Blue Rapids: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blue Rapids has the higher population (918 vs 227 in Beattie). Beattie has the higher median household income ($54,375 vs $51,136 in Blue Rapids). Beattie has the higher median home value ($81,900 vs $55,200 in Blue Rapids).

Population, income & housing

	Beattie	Blue Rapids
Population	227	918
Median age	42.5 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,375	$51,136
Median home value	$81,900	$55,200
Median gross rent	$478	$775
Housing units	113	452
Homeownership rate	77.2%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beattie	Blue Rapids
Population	228 → 227 (-0.4%)	1,247 → 918 (-26.4%)
Median household income	$46,667 → $54,375 (+16.5%)	$49,167 → $51,136 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$71,500 → $81,900 (+14.5%)	$80,900 → $55,200 (-31.8%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $478 (-47.4%)	$599 → $775 (+29.4%)

Beattie

Population

228227

Median household income

$46,667$54,375

Median home value

$71,500$81,900

Median gross rent

$908$478

Blue Rapids

Population

1,247918

Median household income

$49,167$51,136

Median home value

$80,900$55,200

Median gross rent

$599$775

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beattie	Blue Rapids
Under 5	8.8%	3.3%
5 to 17	13.2%	13.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.6%
25 to 34	15.4%	6.9%
35 to 44	20.3%	9.5%
45 to 54	7.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	15.4%	12.2%
75 and over	6.6%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beattie	Blue Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	92.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beattie	Blue Rapids
No high school diploma	4.5%	13.7%
High school graduate	46.9%	36.7%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beattie	Blue Rapids
Drove alone	65.4%	89.5%
Carpooled	26.2%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beattie	Blue Rapids
1-unit, detached	89.4%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	16.2%

Poverty & households

	Beattie	Blue Rapids
Poverty rate	20.4%	8.6%
Average household size	2.14	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1971	1953