About Valley Park

Valley Park is a somewhat small town located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 8,492 people and just one neighborhood, Valley Park is the 98th largest community in Missouri.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Valley Park is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Valley Park is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Valley Park who work in sales jobs (14.91%), office and administrative support jobs (12.50%), and management occupations (11.04%).

Also of interest is that Valley Park has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

For a small town, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Valley Park. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Valley Park.

Valley Park is a very car-oriented town. 97.15% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Valley Park is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Valley Park has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

As is often the case in a small town, Valley Park doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Valley Park Information and Demographics

The education level of Valley Park citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 34.96% of adults in Valley Park have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Valley Park in 2000 was $22,926, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $91,704 for a family of four.

The people who call Valley Park home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Valley Park is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Valley Park include German, Irish, English, Italian, French, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Valley Park is English.