Valley Falls, KS

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2022 Population
1,192
1.62% 1-year growth
US Senator
Jerry Moran
Republican Party
US Senator
Roger Marshall
Republican Party
2022 Median Age
48.8
1.81% 1-year decrease
2022 Poverty Rate
5.17%
2.05% 1-year decrease
2022 Median Household Income
$43,611
1.94% 1-year decline
2022 Median Property Value
$116,900
18% 1-year growth

About

In 2022, Valley Falls, KS had a population of 1.19k people with a median age of 48.8 and a median household income of $43,611. Between 2021 and 2022 the population of Valley Falls, KS grew from 1,173 to 1,192, a 1.62% increase and its median household income declined from $44,474 to $43,611, a −1.94% decrease.

The 5 largest ethnic groups in Valley Falls, KS are White (Non-Hispanic) (91.8%), Two+ (Non-Hispanic) (4.45%), Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) (1.76%), Two+ (Hispanic) (0.839%), and American Indian & Alaska Native (Hispanic) (0.587%).

None of the households in Valley Falls, KS reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.6% of the residents in Valley Falls, KS are U.S. citizens.

In 2022, the median property value in Valley Falls, KS was $116,900, and the homeownership rate was 56%.

Most people in Valley Falls, KS drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 25 minutes. The average car ownership in Valley Falls, KS was 2 cars per household.

Population & Diversity

Valley Falls, KS is home to a population of 1.19k people, from which 99.6% are citizens. As of 2022, 0.755% of Valley Falls, KS residents were born outside of the country (9 people).

In 2022, there were 20.6 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.09k people) in Valley Falls, KS than any other race or ethnicity. There were 53 Two+ (Non-Hispanic) and 21 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

99.6%
2022 Citizenship
100%
2021 Citizenship

As of 2022, 99.6% of Valley Falls, KS residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.5%. In 2021, the percentage of US citizens in Valley Falls, KS was 100%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Valley Falls, KS
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    1.09k ± 197
  2. Two+ (Non-Hispanic)
    53 ± 39.6
  3. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    21 ± 32
2.01%
Hispanic Population
24 people

In 2022, there were 20.6 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.09k people) in Valley Falls, KS than any other race or ethnicity. There were 53 Two+ (Non-Hispanic) and 21 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

2.01% of the people in Valley Falls, KS are hispanic (24 people).

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Foreign-Born Population

0.755%
2022 Foreign-Born Population
9 people
0.512%
2021 Foreign-Born Population
6 people

As of 2022, 0.755% of Valley Falls, KS residents (9 people) were born outside of the United States, which is lower than the national average of 13.6%. In 2021, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Valley Falls, KS was 0.512%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    25 ± 29
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    16 ± 18
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    9 ± 16

Valley Falls, KS has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.56 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Valley Falls, KS employs 560 people. The largest industries in Valley Falls, KS are Health Care & Social Assistance (90 people), Manufacturing (86 people), and Educational Services (85 people), and the highest paying industries are Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($75,208), Construction ($62,292), and Finance & Insurance ($59,583).

Occupations

560
2022 Value
± 108
17.2%
1 Year growth
± 24.4%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Valley Falls, KS grew at a rate of 17.2%, from 478 employees to 560 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Valley Falls, KS, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (70 people), Production Occupations (62 people), and Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (55 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Valley Falls, KS.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Employment by Industries

560
2022 Value
± 108
17.2%
1 Year growth
± 24.4%

From 2021 to 2022, employment in Valley Falls, KS grew at a rate of 17.2%, from 478 employees to 560 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Valley Falls, KS, are Health Care & Social Assistance (90 people), Manufacturing (86 people), and Educational Services (85 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Valley Falls, KS, though some of these residents may live in Valley Falls, KS and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$51,845
Median earning men ± $5,260
$36,528
Median earning women ± $5,374

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2022 are Construction ($70,625), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($58,125), and Other Services Except Public Administration ($55,417).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2022 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($59,750), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($57,813), and Public Administration ($50,000).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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3.11%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.44M people employed in Kansas. This represents a 3.11% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.9%.

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Civics

In the 2020 presidential election, the popular vote in Kansas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Joseph R Biden Jr. (41.6%), followed by Jo Jorgensen (2.23%).

Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall are the senators currently representing the state of Kansas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Kansas is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

US Senators from Kansas

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Jerry Moran
Senator from Kansas3
Assumed office on January 3, 2011
Roger Marshall
Senator from Kansas2
Assumed office on January 3, 2021

Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall are the senators currently representing Kansas.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

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US Representatives from Kansas

Kansas is currently represented by 4 members in the U.S. house.

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Kansas have changed over time starting in 2008.

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Education

Awarded Degrees over Time

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Educational Pyramid

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In 2022, 0.872% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while 0.778% of women were in the same situation.

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Educational Attainment

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Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population in 2022 were High School or Equivalent (605k), Some college (553k), and Bachelors Degree (450k).

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Valley Falls, KS was $116,900 in 2022, which is 0.415 times smaller than the national average of $281,900. Between 2021 and 2022 the median property value increased from $99,100 to $116,900, a 18% increase. The homeownership rate in Valley Falls, KS is 56%, which is approximately the same as the national average of 64.8%.

People in Valley Falls, KS have an average commute time of 25 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Valley Falls, KS is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Property

$116,900
Median Property Value 2022
±$14,358
$325
Median Property Taxes
±$69

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Valley Falls, KS the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Valley Falls, KS compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

56%
Homeownership
2022
64.3%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2022

In 2022, 56% of the housing units in Valley Falls, KS were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 55.1%.

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Income by Location

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Census Tract 202
Highest Median Household Income (Total)

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$43,611
Median Household Income
± $11,444
580
Number of Households
± 133

In 2022, the median household income of the 580 households in Valley Falls, KS declined from $43,611 from the previous year's value of $44,474.

The following chart displays the households in Valley Falls, KS distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $25k - $30k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Valley Falls, KS is from Kansas.
0.462
2022 Wage GINI in Kansas
0.46
2021 Wage GINI in Kansas

In 2022, the income inequality in Kansas was 0.462 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.512% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Kansas was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Kansas in comparison to the national average.

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Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2022
  1. Drove Alone (70.3%)
  2. Carpooled (16.8%)
  3. Worked At Home (8.83%)

In 2022, 70.3% of workers in Valley Falls, KS drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (16.8%) and those who worked at home (8.83%).

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Commute Time

25 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Valley Falls, KS have a shorter commute time (25 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.7 minutes). Additionally, 0.988% of the workforce in Valley Falls, KS have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Valley Falls, KS distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Valley Falls, KS have 2 cars.

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Poverty & Diversity

5.17% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Valley Falls, KS (58 out of 1.12k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 55 - 64, followed by Females 55 - 64 and then Females 35 - 44.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Valley Falls, KS is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

89.1% of the population of Valley Falls, KS has health coverage, with 46.3% on employee plans, 10.6% on Medicaid, 10.5% on Medicare, 18.4% on non-group plans, and 3.3% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Jefferson County, KS see 1903 patients per year on average, which represents a 9.94% increase from the previous year (1731 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 6137 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 2301 patients per year.

Patient to Clinician Ratios

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1,903 to 1
Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Jefferson County, KS

Primary care physicians in Jefferson County, KS see an average of 1,903 patients per year. This represents a 9.94% increase from the previous year (1,731 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Jefferson County, KS in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

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Health Care Diversity

In 2022, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 20.1% under 18 years, 18.8% between 18 and 34 years, 37.6% between 35 and 64 years, and 23.5% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 31.3% were men and 68.7% were women.

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Uninsured People

10.9%
Uninsured
46.3%
Employer Coverage
10.6%
Medicaid
10.5%
Medicare
18.4%
Non-Group
3.3%
Military or VA

Between 2021 and 2022, the percent of uninsured citizens in Valley Falls, KS grew by 13.8% from 9.55% to 10.9%.

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