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A town of 7,030, settled in 1879. 62% more library visits per person than the typical Kansas town.
Mulvane gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $236K for a typical one, or 3.3 years of the Wichita metro’s $71K median household income. It grades B+ overall, 49th among Kansas's 150 graded towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. Among 80 Kansas towns, just 1 have a lower violent crime rate than Mulvane.
Where Mulvane beats most towns.
Where Mulvane’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Kansas), ordered by how far Mulvane is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 215 in 1880, 6,286 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 3 maps from 1890 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mulvane, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Mulvane.
Mulvane fares better on crime within Kansas than nationally, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims and has lost a quarter or more of its jobs in ten years.
Jobs based here fell from 2,078 in 2013 to 1,067.
Most working residents leave Mulvane for work: only 9% work in town. Since 2013, Mulvane has lost 1,011 jobs, to 1,067 in 2023. At 20 minutes, Mulvane’s average trip to work is where Kansas’ towns sit at 20 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes.
| Mulvane | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 9.1% | 15% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mulvane beats the Kansas average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 75% of adults had a checkup this year in Mulvane, below both Kansas’ towns (77%) and U.S. towns (79%). 12% of adults report frequent physical distress in Mulvane.
| Mulvane | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 77% | 79% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 26% | 25% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Mulvane | KS |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.6% | 9.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.5% | 13% |
| More adults with depression | 23.7% | 20.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 12.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 86% of Kansas’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2025, 0.4 per 1,000 residents.
Mulvane’s property crime rate is 13.7 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Mulvane has chilly winters and hot summers. The July high in Mulvane is 92°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 24% of residents (17% statewide). Mulvane has grown 12% since 2020, to 7,030 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 25% of Mulvane residents are under 18.
| Mulvane | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 17% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 25% | 24% | 22% |
| Median age | 42 years | 38.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 29% | 29% |
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.9 points. Across Kansas, 49.8% of residents are women.
| Mulvane | KS | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.3% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.9% | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.8% | 10.2% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 10.3% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.6% | 12.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.8% | 11.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.8% | 12.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.6% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4% | 8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.6% | 25.4% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.2% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.4% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.9% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.9% | 13.4% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
68 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 14 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 68 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Mulvane.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The typical Mulvane home is worth about $237,000, up 3.5% in a year, close to the Kansas typical home.
| Mulvane | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 80% | 72% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,015 a month | $975 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| Mulvane | Kansas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.6% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Main Street Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mulvane. Close and well known come first.
19 mi Zoo & aquariumSedgwick County Zoo
11 mi MuseumKansas Aviation Museum
16 mi MuseumExploration Place22 mi Zoo & aquariumTanganyika Wildlife Park
17 mi MuseumWichita Art Museum
15 mi MuseumGreat Plains Transportation MuseumSedgwick County Zoo: Patrick Pelletier, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Kansas Aviation Museum: David G. Keith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Exploration Place: 04stx, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wichita Art Museum: FUBAR007, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Great Plains Transportation Museum: Atsf3768 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
None within 15 miles of Mulvane; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Mulvane residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Kansas.
City in Sedgwick and Sumner County, Kansas
Mulvane ( məl-VAYN) is a city in Sedgwick and Sumner counties in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 6,286.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
2 towns share a border with Mulvane.
| Town | KS rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulvane | #49 | B+ | B+ | B+ | B+ | B+ |
| Gore Township | — | — | C | — | B | B |
| Belle Plaine Township | #70 | B | A | — | B− | B |
Gore Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Gore Township and Belle Plaine Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Mulvane with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Mulvane grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #49 of 150 in Kansas. It grades B+ for health, B+ for safety and B+ for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a C−.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
