Blue Rapids vs Marysville

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

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

Marysville has the higher population (3,423 vs 918 in Blue Rapids). Marysville has the higher median household income ($61,607 vs $51,136 in Blue Rapids). Marysville has the higher median home value ($110,000 vs $55,200 in Blue Rapids).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Rapids	Marysville
Population	918	3,423
Median age	46.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,136	$61,607
Median home value	$55,200	$110,000
Median gross rent	$775	$664
Housing units	452	1,684
Homeownership rate	80.2%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Rapids	Marysville
Population	1,247 → 918 (-26.4%)	3,281 → 3,423 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$49,167 → $51,136 (+4.0%)	$43,214 → $61,607 (+42.6%)
Median home value	$80,900 → $55,200 (-31.8%)	$91,500 → $110,000 (+20.2%)
Median gross rent	$599 → $775 (+29.4%)	$606 → $664 (+9.6%)

Blue Rapids

Population

1,247918

Median household income

$49,167$51,136

Median home value

$80,900$55,200

Median gross rent

$599$775

Marysville

Population

3,2813,423

Median household income

$43,214$61,607

Median home value

$91,500$110,000

Median gross rent

$606$664

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Rapids	Marysville
Under 5	3.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	22.6%
18 to 24	12.6%	4.4%
25 to 34	6.9%	8.5%
35 to 44	9.5%	16.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	8.1%
75 and over	14.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Rapids	Marysville
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Rapids	Marysville
No high school diploma	13.7%	11.3%
High school graduate	36.7%	42.3%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Rapids	Marysville
Drove alone	89.5%	73.7%
Carpooled	9.0%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.2%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.2%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Rapids	Marysville
1-unit, detached	78.3%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.4%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	16.2%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Blue Rapids	Marysville
Poverty rate	8.6%	9.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	17	11
Median year structure built	1953	1958