Valley Center vs Wichita

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

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

Wichita has the higher population (396,488 vs 8,937 in Valley Center). Valley Center has the higher median household income ($73,480 vs $63,072 in Wichita). Valley Center has the higher median home value ($214,300 vs $179,500 in Wichita).

Population, income & housing

	Valley Center	Wichita
Population	8,937	396,488
Median age	33.5 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$73,480	$63,072
Median home value	$214,300	$179,500
Median gross rent	$1,017	$960
Housing units	3,253	175,539
Homeownership rate	70.4%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Valley Center	Wichita
Population	7,176 → 8,937 (+24.5%)	389,877 → 396,488 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$70,819 → $73,480 (+3.8%)	$52,620 → $63,072 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$145,700 → $214,300 (+47.1%)	$133,400 → $179,500 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$941 → $1,017 (+8.1%)	$809 → $960 (+18.7%)

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

Wichita

Population

389,877396,488

Median household income

$52,620$63,072

Median home value

$133,400$179,500

Median gross rent

$809$960

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Valley Center	Wichita
Under 5	11.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	24.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.8%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.0%
55 to 64	8.5%	11.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	9.4%
75 and over	7.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Valley Center	Wichita
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	60.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	0.8%	4.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.6%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Valley Center	Wichita
No high school diploma	9.4%	12.0%
High school graduate	23.1%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	31.4%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Valley Center	Wichita
Drove alone	80.8%	80.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	3.7%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.2%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Valley Center	Wichita
1-unit, detached	80.5%	66.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	9.1%
20 or more units	7.7%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Valley Center	Wichita
Poverty rate	2.2%	15.9%
Average household size	2.82	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	27	19
Median year structure built	1979	1974