Derby vs Valley Center

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

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

Derby has the higher population (25,801 vs 8,937 in Valley Center). Derby has the higher median household income ($82,089 vs $73,480 in Valley Center). Derby has the higher median home value ($221,600 vs $214,300 in Valley Center).

Population, income & housing

	Derby	Valley Center
Population	25,801	8,937
Median age	35.2 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,089	$73,480
Median home value	$221,600	$214,300
Median gross rent	$1,082	$1,017
Housing units	10,770	3,253
Homeownership rate	67.8%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.8%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derby	Valley Center
Population	24,067 → 25,801 (+7.2%)	7,176 → 8,937 (+24.5%)
Median household income	$73,322 → $82,089 (+12.0%)	$70,819 → $73,480 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$165,200 → $221,600 (+34.1%)	$145,700 → $214,300 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$951 → $1,082 (+13.8%)	$941 → $1,017 (+8.1%)

Derby

Population

24,06725,801

Median household income

$73,322$82,089

Median home value

$165,200$221,600

Median gross rent

$951$1,082

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)

	Derby	Valley Center
Under 5	6.1%	11.5%
5 to 17	22.0%	24.8%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	8.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.8%
75 and over	7.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derby	Valley Center
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	87.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derby	Valley Center
No high school diploma	4.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	23.2%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derby	Valley Center
Drove alone	85.8%	80.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	9.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.9%
Worked from home	5.6%	5.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derby	Valley Center
1-unit, detached	71.7%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	3.2%
20 or more units	2.4%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Derby	Valley Center
Poverty rate	6.2%	2.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1990	1979