Maize vs Valley Center

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

Maize 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 5,990 in Maize). Valley Center has the higher median household income ($73,480 vs $68,750 in Maize). Maize has the higher median home value ($280,500 vs $214,300 in Valley Center).

Population, income & housing

	Maize	Valley Center
Population	5,990	8,937
Median age	43.6 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$73,480
Median home value	$280,500	$214,300
Median gross rent	$1,340	$1,017
Housing units	2,623	3,253
Homeownership rate	47.8%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maize	Valley Center
Population	4,579 → 5,990 (+30.8%)	7,176 → 8,937 (+24.5%)
Median household income	$65,481 → $68,750 (+5.0%)	$70,819 → $73,480 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$165,300 → $280,500 (+69.7%)	$145,700 → $214,300 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$855 → $1,340 (+56.7%)	$941 → $1,017 (+8.1%)

Maize

Population

4,5795,990

Median household income

$65,481$68,750

Median home value

$165,300$280,500

Median gross rent

$855$1,340

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)

	Maize	Valley Center
Under 5	6.0%	11.5%
5 to 17	20.3%	24.8%
18 to 24	7.5%	4.7%
25 to 34	8.2%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	8.8%
55 to 64	15.5%	8.5%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.8%
75 and over	8.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maize	Valley Center
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maize	Valley Center
No high school diploma	0.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	21.8%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.8%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maize	Valley Center
Drove alone	80.0%	80.8%
Carpooled	3.5%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	11.4%	5.2%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maize	Valley Center
1-unit, detached	53.3%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	9.3%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maize	Valley Center
Poverty rate	9.9%	2.2%
Average household size	2.28	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	2011	1979