Park City vs Valley Center

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

Park City 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 7,726 in Park City). Valley Center has the higher median household income ($73,480 vs $70,317 in Park City). Valley Center has the higher median home value ($214,300 vs $163,800 in Park City).

Population, income & housing

	Park City	Valley Center
Population	7,726	8,937
Median age	34.5 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,317	$73,480
Median home value	$163,800	$214,300
Median gross rent	$1,065	$1,017
Housing units	2,974	3,253
Homeownership rate	75.1%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	36.0%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Park City	Valley Center
Population	8,138 → 7,726 (-5.1%)	7,176 → 8,937 (+24.5%)
Median household income	$72,708 → $70,317 (-3.3%)	$70,819 → $73,480 (+3.8%)
Median home value	$134,500 → $163,800 (+21.8%)	$145,700 → $214,300 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$940 → $1,065 (+13.3%)	$941 → $1,017 (+8.1%)

Park City

Population

8,1387,726

Median household income

$72,708$70,317

Median home value

$134,500$163,800

Median gross rent

$940$1,065

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)

	Park City	Valley Center
Under 5	8.1%	11.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	24.8%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.7%
25 to 34	18.0%	13.7%
35 to 44	15.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	8.8%
55 to 64	10.6%	8.5%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.8%
75 and over	3.6%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Park City	Valley Center
White (non-Hispanic)	77.6%	87.4%
Black or African American	5.8%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	2.0%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Park City	Valley Center
No high school diploma	5.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	29.1%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	41.5%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Park City	Valley Center
Drove alone	78.4%	80.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	8.3%	5.2%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Park City	Valley Center
1-unit, detached	82.4%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Park City	Valley Center
Poverty rate	15.2%	2.2%
Average household size	2.77	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1989	1979