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Valley Falls, KS

1,382 Population
0.7 square miles 1,964.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.4 ±9.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,477 ±$2,855 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $37,837 ±$649
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$46,681 ±$21,625 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $69,888 ±$1,800
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.9% ±2.9% (79  ±41) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 11.4% 26,003 (±0.7% / ±1,516)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.3 minutes ±1.6 (15,185  ±3,922) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 20.6 2,003,895 (±0.5 / ±56,625)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

615 ±125 Number of households
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 96,999 ±734
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.6 (1,332  ±231) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 2.3 226,664 (±0 / ±102)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.4% ±3.9% (17  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 5.4% † 2,716 (±0.8% / ±395)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

652 ±133 Number of housing units
  • the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 105,224 ±195
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$122,700 ±$13,176 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: $183,200 ±$3,835
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

23.9% ±9.9% (323  ±144.2) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 11.8% 27,016 (±0.8% / ±1,768.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.6% ±6.5% (953  ±169) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 93.5% 149,100 (±1.6% / ±2,626.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
20.2% ±4.6% (206  ±57.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 30.1% 48,034 (±1% / ±1,526.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.7% ±1% (10  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 3.5% 8,120
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±1.7% (57  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Topeka, KS Metro Area: 8.1% 14,452 (±0.5% / ±803)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
57 Total veterans ±21 57 Male ±21 N/A Female ±11

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