Nortonville vs Valley Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Nortonville and Valley Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

Nortonville and Valley Falls are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Valley Falls has the higher population (1,305 vs 797 in Nortonville). Nortonville has the higher median household income ($73,500 vs $43,333 in Valley Falls). Valley Falls has the higher median home value ($118,200 vs $91,500 in Nortonville).

Population, income & housing

	Nortonville	Valley Falls
Population	797	1,305
Median age	35.3 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,500	$43,333
Median home value	$91,500	$118,200
Median gross rent	$869	$734
Housing units	315	655
Homeownership rate	73.8%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nortonville	Valley Falls
Population	696 → 797 (+14.5%)	1,039 → 1,305 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$55,556 → $73,500 (+32.3%)	$58,403 → $43,333 (-25.8%)
Median home value	$79,000 → $91,500 (+15.8%)	$100,700 → $118,200 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $869 (+26.3%)	$597 → $734 (+22.9%)

Nortonville

Population

696797

Median household income

$55,556$73,500

Median home value

$79,000$91,500

Median gross rent

$688$869

Valley Falls

Population

1,0391,305

Median household income

$58,403$43,333

Median home value

$100,700$118,200

Median gross rent

$597$734

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nortonville	Valley Falls
Under 5	12.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.6%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	3.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	8.5%	16.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	20.2%
75 and over	6.5%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nortonville	Valley Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	98.0%	90.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nortonville	Valley Falls
No high school diploma	6.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	38.2%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nortonville	Valley Falls
Drove alone	85.0%	69.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	13.9%
Other means	4.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nortonville	Valley Falls
1-unit, detached	91.1%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Nortonville	Valley Falls
Poverty rate	19.2%	7.8%
Average household size	2.62	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1949	1955