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Valley Falls, KS

1,305 Population
0.7 square miles 1,855 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.1 ±7.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$30,951 ±$2,964 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $36,763 ±$648
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$43,333 ±$14,744 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $68,160 ±$1,953
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

7.8% ±3.9% (97  ±52) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 11.4% 26,021 (±0.8% / ±1,879)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

25.5 minutes ±1.3 (12,935  ±3,819) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 20.4 2,029,565 (±0.3 / ±45,306)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

598 ±138 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 95,996 ±732
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.1 ±0.6 (1,239  ±256) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.4 226,746 (±0 / ±97)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

4% ±3.9% (11  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 5.5% † 2,749 (±0.7% / ±342)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

655 ±133 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 104,931 ±127
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$118,200 ±$10,791 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $172,200 ±$3,715
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

23% ±9.8% (295  ±138) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 12% 27,701 (±0.8% / ±1,748.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

93.7% ±25.2% (946  ±170) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 93.6% 149,231 (±1.6% / ±2,625)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
20.3% ±4.2% (205  ±58.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 30.1% 47,980 (±0.9% / ±1,492.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.2% 679,664 (±0.3% / ±5,586.1)

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

0.5% ±0.8% (6  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 3.5% 8,172
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

5.8% ±2.6% (61  ±30) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 8.2% 14,653 (±0.4% / ±764)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
61 Total veterans ±30 61 Male ±30 N/A Female ±11

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