Alta Vista vs Harveyville

A side-by-side comparison of Alta Vista and Harveyville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Alta Vista has the higher population (484 vs 167 in Harveyville). Harveyville has the higher median household income ($65,833 vs $47,500 in Alta Vista). Alta Vista has the higher median home value ($82,800 vs $82,500 in Harveyville).

Population, income & housing

	Alta Vista	Harveyville
Population	484	167
Median age	37.7 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$65,833
Median home value	$82,800	$82,500
Median gross rent	$989	$770
Housing units	224	86
Homeownership rate	58.2%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alta Vista	Harveyville
Population	491 → 484 (-1.4%)	307 → 167 (-45.6%)
Median household income	$44,375 → $47,500 (+7.0%)	$60,268 → $65,833 (+9.2%)
Median home value	$65,200 → $82,800 (+27.0%)	$66,200 → $82,500 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$750 → $989 (+31.9%)	$564 → $770 (+36.5%)

Alta Vista

Population

491484

Median household income

$44,375$47,500

Median home value

$65,200$82,800

Median gross rent

$750$989

Harveyville

Population

307167

Median household income

$60,268$65,833

Median home value

$66,200$82,500

Median gross rent

$564$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alta Vista	Harveyville
Under 5	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	22.5%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	13.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	2.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.1%	8.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	23.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.4%
75 and over	4.1%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alta Vista	Harveyville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	96.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alta Vista	Harveyville
No high school diploma	7.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	32.9%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	50.0%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alta Vista	Harveyville
Drove alone	67.5%	70.7%
Carpooled	16.5%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	6.7%
Walked	5.8%	9.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.7%
Other means	10.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alta Vista	Harveyville
1-unit, detached	92.0%	75.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	3.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Alta Vista	Harveyville
Poverty rate	25.4%	7.8%
Average household size	2.49	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1938	1938