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Valley Center Public Schools Unified School District 262, KS

15,338 Population
83.6 square miles 183.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±4.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Sedgwick County: 35.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.2 ±0.2

Economics

$36,408 ±$3,803 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Sedgwick County: $36,699 ±$835
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $39,638 ±$405
$84,425 ±$7,759 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Sedgwick County: $67,675 ±$1,215
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $72,639 ±$453

5.1% ±2.8% (774  ±430) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Sedgwick County: 14% 72,477 (±0.7% / ±3,610)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 11.5% 328,475 (±0.2% / ±6,622)

24 minutes ±2.5 (152,025  ±25,293) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Sedgwick County: 19.7 4,587,975 (±0.3 / ±87,049)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.8 25,567,516 (±0.1 / ±214,272)

Families

5,312 ±479 Number of households
  • Sedgwick County: 205,024 ±1,287
  • Kansas: 1,160,715 ±3,961
2.9 ±0.3 (15,266  ±1,184) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Sedgwick County: 2.5 516,457 (±0 / ±97)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,850,913

3.6% ±2% (115  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Sedgwick County: 5.8% 7,083 (±0.6% / ±700)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,004 (±0.2% / ±1,359)

Housing

5,524 ±505 Number of housing units
  • Sedgwick County: 225,795 ±142
  • Kansas: 1,285,221 ±690

$232,300 ±$14,124 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Sedgwick County: $190,700 ±$2,616
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $203,400 ±$1,329

8.5% ±2.9% (1,298  ±449) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Sedgwick County: 15.6% 81,054 (±0.7% / ±3,845.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.8% 431,125 (±0.3% / ±7,618.8)

Social

92.6% ±2.9% (9,028  ±776.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sedgwick County: 89.5% 307,273 (±1.2% / ±4,158.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Kansas: 91.9% 1,776,698 (±0.5% / ±9,574.8)
40.2% ±3.2% (3,913  ±443.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Sedgwick County: 31.6% 108,433 (±0.7% / ±2,438.9)
  • about 10 percent 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

2.1% ±1.2% (326  ±185) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Sedgwick County: 8.5% 44,559
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.2% 211,197

5.9% ±2.4% (620  ±255) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sedgwick County: 7% 27,148 (±0.3% / ±1,324)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7% 154,967 (±0.1% / ±2,456)
620 Total veterans ±255 555 Male ±237 65 Female ±54

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