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Valley Center Public Schools Unified School District 262, KS

15,943 Population
83.6 square miles 190.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Sedgwick County: 36 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,522 ±$3,394 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Sedgwick County: $37,825 ±$918
  • about the same as the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$92,795 ±$7,859 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Sedgwick County: $69,365 ±$1,409
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.1% ±3.1% (971  ±497) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sedgwick County: 13.9% 72,311 (±0.8% / ±4,031)
  • 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)

25.2 minutes ±3.3 (173,055  ±30,422) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Sedgwick County: 19.3 4,489,065 (±0.3 / ±88,270)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,506 ±509 Number of households
  • Sedgwick County: 206,768 ±1,311
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.3 (15,833  ±1,049) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Sedgwick County: 2.5 519,129 (±0 / ±87)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.1% ±1.9% (110  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Sedgwick County: 5.7% † 7,127 (±0.6% / ±780)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,882 ±529 Number of housing units
  • Sedgwick County: 227,638 ±171
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$258,200 ±$23,089 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Sedgwick County: $203,300 ±$3,353
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.1% ±2.4% (1,275  ±383.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Sedgwick County: 14.8% 77,210 (±0.6% / ±3,339.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.6% ±2.5% (9,575  ±802.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Sedgwick County: 89.5% 310,430 (±1.2% / ±4,227.8)
  • a little higher than 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)
40.9% ±3.9% (4,139  ±510.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Sedgwick County: 32.1% 111,197 (±0.7% / ±2,319.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

2.2% ±1.3% (347  ±201) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Sedgwick County: 8.6% 45,286
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.4% ±2.5% (698  ±284) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Sedgwick County: 6.9% 26,943 (±0.3% / ±1,064)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
698 Total veterans ±284 639 Male ±259 59 Female ±61

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