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Valley Center, KS

8,937 Population
7.1 square miles 1,257.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.5 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 36.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$30,996 ±$4,335 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $36,529 ±$685
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$73,480 ±$9,123 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $68,930 ±$1,090
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

2.2% ±1.1% (199  ±103) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 13.1% 83,265 (±0.6% / ±3,516)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

27.3 minutes ±5.8 (94,185  ±23,433) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 20.4 5,832,255 (±0.3 / ±92,228)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

3,150 ±345 Number of households
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 252,501 ±1,469
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.8 ±0.4 (8,876  ±904) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 2.5 635,795 (±0 / ±160)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

3.6% ±2.2% (68  ±42) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 6% 8,907 (±0.5% / ±722)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

3,253 ±342 Number of housing units
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 277,986 ±148
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$214,300 ±$16,400 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $188,200 ±$2,384
  • a little higher than the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

7.2% ±3% (639  ±273.1) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 15.1% 97,054 (±0.6% / ±4,051)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

90.6% ±9.2% (4,769  ±612) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 90.3% 384,731 (±1.1% / ±4,586.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
36% ±5.9% (1,898  ±342.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 31.5% 134,300 (±0.6% / ±2,630)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.3% ±1.9% (205  ±168) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.5% 48,338
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

5.3% ±3.4% (300  ±193) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.2% 34,853 (±0.3% / ±1,347)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
300 Total veterans ±193 293 Male ±193 7 Female ±12

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