Mount Hope vs Viola

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Hope and Viola: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mount Hope has the higher population (754 vs 200 in Viola). Viola has the higher median household income ($183,145 vs $76,667 in Mount Hope). Viola has the higher median home value ($159,200 vs $136,900 in Mount Hope).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Hope	Viola
Population	754	200
Median age	40.2 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,667	$183,145
Median home value	$136,900	$159,200
Median gross rent	$900	—
Housing units	375	110
Homeownership rate	82.3%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Hope	Viola
Population	749 → 754 (+0.7%)	96 → 200 (+108.3%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $76,667 (+59.3%)	$61,250 → $183,145 (+199.0%)
Median home value	$108,200 → $136,900 (+26.5%)	$91,300 → $159,200 (+74.4%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $900 (+19.5%)	—

Mount Hope

Population

749754

Median household income

$48,125$76,667

Median home value

$108,200$136,900

Median gross rent

$753$900

Viola

Population

96200

Median household income

$61,250$183,145

Median home value

$91,300$159,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Hope	Viola
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	4.5%
18 to 24	4.6%	2.0%
25 to 34	20.6%	41.0%
35 to 44	9.5%	1.5%
45 to 54	7.3%	4.0%
55 to 64	15.9%	5.5%
65 to 74	14.1%	8.5%
75 and over	8.5%	33.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Hope	Viola
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	64.5%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	32.0%
Asian	0.1%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Hope	Viola
No high school diploma	15.0%	5.3%
High school graduate	19.8%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	38.5%	8.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	40.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Hope	Viola
Drove alone	87.3%	97.1%
Carpooled	4.0%	1.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Hope	Viola
1-unit, detached	89.9%	98.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Mount Hope	Viola
Poverty rate	1.5%	0.5%
Average household size	2.21	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1957	1983