Mulvane vs Valley Center

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

Mulvane 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 5,829 in Mulvane). Valley Center has the higher median household income ($73,480 vs $70,224 in Mulvane). Valley Center has the higher median home value ($214,300 vs $168,900 in Mulvane).

Population, income & housing

	Mulvane	Valley Center
Population	5,829	8,937
Median age	41.7 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,224	$73,480
Median home value	$168,900	$214,300
Median gross rent	$1,156	$1,017
Housing units	2,546	3,253
Homeownership rate	78.4%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mulvane	Valley Center
Population	6,045 → 5,829 (-3.6%)	7,176 → 8,937 (+24.5%)
Median household income	$69,042 → $70,224 (+1.7%)	$70,819 → $73,480 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$129,100 → $168,900 (+30.8%)	$145,700 → $214,300 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$630 → $1,156 (+83.5%)	$941 → $1,017 (+8.1%)

Mulvane

Population

6,0455,829

Median household income

$69,042$70,224

Median home value

$129,100$168,900

Median gross rent

$630$1,156

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)

	Mulvane	Valley Center
Under 5	4.1%	11.5%
5 to 17	23.3%	24.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	9.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.8%
55 to 64	16.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	10.3%	8.8%
75 and over	8.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mulvane	Valley Center
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	87.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	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	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mulvane	Valley Center
No high school diploma	2.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	28.0%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mulvane	Valley Center
Drove alone	88.1%	80.8%
Carpooled	4.5%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	6.6%	5.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mulvane	Valley Center
1-unit, detached	83.8%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mulvane	Valley Center
Poverty rate	16.4%	2.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1981	1979