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Valley Center, KS

7,843 Population
7.1 square miles 1,103.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±3.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 36.2 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,830 ±$3,843 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $30,212 ±$422
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$66,250 ±$8,521 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $58,333 ±$937
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

2.9% ±2% (223  ±154) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 12.7% 79,899 (±0.5% / ±3,293)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

23.5 minutes ±1.7 (73,585  ±9,368) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 20.2 5,903,370 (±0.3 / ±95,401)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

2,599 ±222 Number of households
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 247,011 ±1,308
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
3 ±0.1 (7,843  ±748) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 2.6 628,893 (±0 / ±501)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

7.9% ±4.6% (129  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 6.1% 8,943 (±0.6% / ±821)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

2,799 ±262 Number of housing units
  • the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 273,561 ±211
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$156,400 ±$8,958 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: $144,200 ±$1,916
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

11.6% ±5.1% (885  ±397.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 16.8% 106,127 (±0.6% / ±3,862.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

92.6% ±8.7% (4,179  ±509.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 90.3% 376,928 (±1% / ±4,213.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
37.4% ±7.6% (1,688  ±365.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 31% 129,568 (±0.6% / ±2,502.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

2.5% ±1.9% (193  ±147) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 7.3% 46,714 (±0.3% / ±1,638)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

4.6% ±2% (222  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Wichita, KS Metro Area: 8.2% 38,995 (±0.3% / ±1,370)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
222 Total veterans ±98 222 Male ±98 N/A Female ±15

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