Perry vs Valley Falls

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

Perry 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 1,085 in Perry). Perry has the higher median household income ($82,589 vs $43,333 in Valley Falls). Perry has the higher median home value ($173,800 vs $118,200 in Valley Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Perry	Valley Falls
Population	1,085	1,305
Median age	43.6 yrs	51.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,589	$43,333
Median home value	$173,800	$118,200
Median gross rent	$803	$734
Housing units	453	655
Homeownership rate	81.4%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.0%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perry	Valley Falls
Population	949 → 1,085 (+14.3%)	1,039 → 1,305 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $82,589 (+53.7%)	$58,403 → $43,333 (-25.8%)
Median home value	$122,300 → $173,800 (+42.1%)	$100,700 → $118,200 (+17.4%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $803 (+13.6%)	$597 → $734 (+22.9%)

Perry

Population

9491,085

Median household income

$53,750$82,589

Median home value

$122,300$173,800

Median gross rent

$707$803

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)

	Perry	Valley Falls
Under 5	4.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	13.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	3.4%
25 to 34	6.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	15.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	16.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	20.2%
75 and over	7.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perry	Valley Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	90.0%
Black or African American	2.9%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	7.4%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perry	Valley Falls
No high school diploma	3.6%	6.3%
High school graduate	46.3%	34.8%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perry	Valley Falls
Drove alone	91.0%	69.2%
Carpooled	3.7%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perry	Valley Falls
1-unit, detached	87.0%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	4.4%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Perry	Valley Falls
Poverty rate	9.7%	7.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1978	1955