Bel Aire vs Valley Center

A side-by-side comparison of Bel Aire and Valley Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Valley Center has the higher population (8,937 vs 8,654 in Bel Aire). Bel Aire has the higher median household income ($93,182 vs $73,480 in Valley Center). Valley Center has the higher median home value ($214,300 vs $213,500 in Bel Aire).

Population, income & housing

	Bel Aire	Valley Center
Population	8,654	8,937
Median age	35.5 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$93,182	$73,480
Median home value	$213,500	$214,300
Median gross rent	$1,454	$1,017
Housing units	3,076	3,253
Homeownership rate	76.6%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.8%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel Aire	Valley Center
Population	7,858 → 8,654 (+10.1%)	7,176 → 8,937 (+24.5%)
Median household income	$90,795 → $93,182 (+2.6%)	$70,819 → $73,480 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$161,000 → $213,500 (+32.6%)	$145,700 → $214,300 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,103 → $1,454 (+31.8%)	$941 → $1,017 (+8.1%)

Bel Aire

Population

7,8588,654

Median household income

$90,795$93,182

Median home value

$161,000$213,500

Median gross rent

$1,103$1,454

Valley Center

Population

7,1768,937

Median household income

$70,819$73,480

Median home value

$145,700$214,300

Median gross rent

$941$1,017

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bel Aire	Valley Center
Under 5	9.4%	11.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	24.8%
18 to 24	9.9%	4.7%
25 to 34	12.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.3%	8.8%
55 to 64	13.1%	8.5%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.8%
75 and over	6.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel Aire	Valley Center
White (non-Hispanic)	68.2%	87.4%
Black or African American	9.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	6.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel Aire	Valley Center
No high school diploma	5.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	13.4%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.1%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel Aire	Valley Center
Drove alone	78.1%	80.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	12.8%	5.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel Aire	Valley Center
1-unit, detached	80.8%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	3.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bel Aire	Valley Center
Poverty rate	14.3%	2.2%
Average household size	2.79	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1995	1979