Blue Rapids, KS Facts, Population, Income, Demographics, Economy

Population (total): Population in 2017: 966 (0% urban, 100% rural). >Population change since 2000: -11.2%

Population (male): 503

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Blue Rapids: 77.8 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (overall): Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2017: 9.2%

Sex Offenders: According to our research of Kansas and other state lists, there were 7 registered sex offenders living in Blue Rapids, Kansas as of January 16, 2021. The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Blue Rapids is 136 to 1.>

Ancestries: Ancestries: German (29.7%), American (22.9%), Irish (11.4%), English (5.2%), Swedish (4.2%), Czech (2.6%).

Elevation: 1158 feet

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Median Incomes:
      Estimated median household income in 2017: $42,614 (it was $30,682 in 2000)
      Estimated per capita income in 2017: $24,785 (it was $16,859 in 2000)
      Estimated median house or condo value in 2017: $55,778 (it was $30,000 in 2000) Blue Rapids:$55,778KS:$150,600

Blue Rapids is located in northeast Kansas near the junction of the Little Blue and Big Blue rivers, at 39°40′55″N 96°39′33″W / 39.68194°N 96.65917°W / 39.68194; -96.65917. Its elevation is 1,150 feet (350 m) above sea level. Located on highway US-77/K-9, Blue Rapids is 5 miles (8.0 km) east of its sister town Waterville, 12 miles (19 km) south of the county seat Marysville, 13 miles (21 km) west of Frankfort, and 46 miles (74 km) north of the large university town of Manhattan. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.01 square miles (5.21 km2), of which, 1.99 square miles (5.15 km2) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water.

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Local Area Info: Blue Rapids, Kansas

The first endeavor to establish a town below the junction of the rivers, in 1857, failed due to misfortunes of two of the three participants. No further attempt to utilize the impressive water power was made until 1869–1870, when a colony of about 50 families from Genesee County, New York moved in, purchased land and water power rights, and began establishing a community. The Blue Rapids Town Company was formed, and by the end of 1870 the population was about 250. In 1872, Blue Rapids was incorporated as a city of third class under the statutes of Kansas.

Among the first projects in 1870 were a stone dam and a wrought iron bridge built on the Big Blue River. A hydroelectric power plant was then added to provide power for manufacturing and for the town. The power plant was destroyed by a flood in 1903. In the late 19th century and early 20th century there were four gypsum mines in the area. The population peaked around 1910 at over 1,750. The public library, built in 1875, is the oldest library west of the Mississippi in continuous operation in the same building.

Blue Rapids was the birthplace of the pancreatic cancer drug Streptozotocin. The bacterium from which the drug is derived was discovered in the late 1950s in a soil sample taken from "an uncultivated sandy soil in a grassland region" at Blue Rapids.

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Population (total): Population in 2017: 966 (0% urban, 100% rural). >Population change since 2000: -11.2%

Population (male): 503

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in Blue Rapids: 77.8 (low, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (overall): Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2017: 9.2%

Sex Offenders: According to our research of Kansas and other state lists, there were 7 registered sex offenders living in Blue Rapids, Kansas as of January 16, 2021. The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Blue Rapids is 136 to 1.>

Ancestries: Ancestries: German (29.7%), American (22.9%), Irish (11.4%), English (5.2%), Swedish (4.2%), Czech (2.6%).

Elevation: 1158 feet

Population Density:

Median Incomes:
      Estimated median household income in 2017: $42,614 (it was $30,682 in 2000)
      Estimated per capita income in 2017: $24,785 (it was $16,859 in 2000)
      Estimated median house or condo value in 2017: $55,778 (it was $30,000 in 2000) Blue Rapids:$55,778KS:$150,600

Blue Rapids is located in northeast Kansas near the junction of the Little Blue and Big Blue rivers, at 39°40′55″N 96°39′33″W / 39.68194°N 96.65917°W / 39.68194; -96.65917. Its elevation is 1,150 feet (350 m) above sea level. Located on highway US-77/K-9, Blue Rapids is 5 miles (8.0 km) east of its sister town Waterville, 12 miles (19 km) south of the county seat Marysville, 13 miles (21 km) west of Frankfort, and 46 miles (74 km) north of the large university town of Manhattan. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.01 square miles (5.21 km2), of which, 1.99 square miles (5.15 km2) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km2) is water.