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| 1 | Kechi |
| 2 | Town Center |
REAL ESTATE IN POPULAR Valley Center NEIGHBORHOODS Town Center, Kechi
POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR Valley Center, KS Benton, Newton, Park City, Wichita
POPULATION
7,942
| VALLEY CENTER INFORMATION | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| POPULATION | 7,942 |
| NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS | 6,817 |
| VALLEY CENTER HOME OWNERSHIP | |
| % OWNER OCCUPIED | 82.29% |
| % RENTER OCCUPIED | 12.35% |
| % VACANT | 5.36% |
| TYPE OF VALLEY CENTER HOMES | |
| SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED | 84.73% |
| ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES | 1.17% |
| SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS | 2.88% |
| COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS | 5.09% |
| MOBILE HOMES | 5.99% |
| OTHER | 0.14% |
| SIZE OF VALLEY CENTER HOMES | |
| NO BEDROOM | 0.45% |
| 1 BEDROOM | 5.75% |
| 2 BEDROOMS | 16.65% |
| 3 BEDROOMS | 46.50% |
| 4 BEDROOMS | 22.52% |
| 5 OR MORE BEDROOMS | 8.13% |
| AGE OF HOMES | |
| NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) | 25.06% |
| ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) | 47.37% |
| WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) | 22.03% |
| HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) | 5.54% |
| VALLEY CENTER REAL ESTATE INFORMATION | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| MEDIAN HOME VALUE | $171,666 |
| MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE | $664 |
| HOME VALUE RANGE | |
| $0-$76,000 | 6.71% |
| $76,001-$155,000 | 35.19% |
| $155,001-$308,000 | 47.02% |
| $308,001-$463,000 | 6.70% |
| $463,001-$617,000 | 1.93% |
| $617,001-$770,000 | 1.09% |
| $770,001-$1,156,000 | 0.70% |
| $1,156,001-$1,540,000 | 0.04% |
| > $1,540,000 | 0.62% |
| PEOPLE OF Valley Center | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| POPULATION DISTRIBUTION | |
| UNDER 5 YEARS | 7.25% |
| 5 TO 17 | 23.27% |
| 18 TO 24 | 7.27% |
| 25 TO 34 | 10.80% |
| 35 TO 54 | 31.01% |
| 55 TO 64 | 9.07% |
| 65 YEARS AND OVER | 11.33% |
| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS | |
| HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES | 91.28% |
| COLLEGE GRADUATES | 26.37% |
| MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME | $52,650 |
| PER CAPITA INCOME | $21,954 |
| INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL | 2.16% |
| INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN | Manufacturing (27.00%), Healthcare (10.14%), Education (10.04%), Retail (8.74%), Construction (7.29%), Finance (5.19%), Other (5.02%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (3.96%), Wholesale (3.93%), Transportation (3.64%), Accomodation (3.21%), Public Service (2.92%), Administration (2.39%) |
| ATTENDING COLLEGE | 4.44% |
| RACIAL MAKEUP | |
| WHITE | 96.08% |
| BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN | 1.05% |
| AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE | 0.34% |
| ASIAN | 1.11% |
| NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER | 0.00% |
| SOME OTHER RACE ALONE | 0.58% |
| TWO OR MORE RACES | 0.84% |
| HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) | 0.98% |
| ETHNICITIES PRESENT | Unclassified (30.31%), German (19.69%), English (8.93%), Irish (8.89%), United States or American (7.69%), Other Groups (7.42%), French (2.56%), Scottish (2.17%) |
| FOREIGN BORN | 1.50% |
| LANGUAGES SPOKEN | English (89.75%) |
Valley Center is a somewhat small town located in the state of Kansas. With a population of 7,942 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Valley Center is the 44th largest community in Kansas.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Valley Center is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Valley Center is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Valley Center who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.17%), sales jobs (9.07%), and management occupations (8.04%).
Also of interest is that Valley Center has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Because of many things, Valley Center is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Valley Center really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Valley Center perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Being a small town, Valley Center does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Valley Center is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 26.37% of adults in Valley Center have a college degree.
The per capita income in Valley Center in 2000 was $21,954, which is wealthy relative to Kansas, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $87,816 for a family of four.
The people who call Valley Center home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Valley Center is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Valley Center include German, English, Irish, French, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Valley Center is English.
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