Maize vs Mulvane

A side-by-side comparison of Maize and Mulvane: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Maize has the higher population (5,990 vs 5,829 in Mulvane). Mulvane has the higher median household income ($70,224 vs $68,750 in Maize). Maize has the higher median home value ($280,500 vs $168,900 in Mulvane).

Population, income & housing

	Maize	Mulvane
Population	5,990	5,829
Median age	43.6 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$70,224
Median home value	$280,500	$168,900
Median gross rent	$1,340	$1,156
Housing units	2,623	2,546
Homeownership rate	47.8%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	34.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maize	Mulvane
Population	4,579 → 5,990 (+30.8%)	6,045 → 5,829 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$65,481 → $68,750 (+5.0%)	$69,042 → $70,224 (+1.7%)
Median home value	$165,300 → $280,500 (+69.7%)	$129,100 → $168,900 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $1,340 (+56.7%)	$630 → $1,156 (+83.5%)

Maize

Population

4,5795,990

Median household income

$65,481$68,750

Median home value

$165,300$280,500

Median gross rent

$855$1,340

Mulvane

Population

6,0455,829

Median household income

$69,042$70,224

Median home value

$129,100$168,900

Median gross rent

$630$1,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maize	Mulvane
Under 5	6.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	20.3%	23.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.2%	9.4%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.5%	16.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.3%
75 and over	8.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maize	Mulvane
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maize	Mulvane
No high school diploma	0.9%	2.9%
High school graduate	21.8%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maize	Mulvane
Drove alone	80.0%	88.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	6.6%
Other means	1.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maize	Mulvane
1-unit, detached	53.3%	83.8%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	9.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Maize	Mulvane
Poverty rate	9.9%	16.4%
Average household size	2.28	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	2011	1981