Black Jack vs Valley Park

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

Black Jack and Valley Park are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Valley Park has the higher population (6,817 vs 6,606 in Black Jack). Black Jack has the higher median household income ($65,920 vs $64,470 in Valley Park). Valley Park has the higher median home value ($232,900 vs $187,600 in Black Jack).

Population, income & housing

	Black Jack	Valley Park
Population	6,606	6,817
Median age	30.9 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,920	$64,470
Median home value	$187,600	$232,900
Median gross rent	$1,177	$1,343
Housing units	2,810	3,182
Homeownership rate	65.7%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Black Jack	Valley Park
Population	6,932 → 6,606 (-4.7%)	6,799 → 6,817 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$58,029 → $65,920 (+13.6%)	$56,786 → $64,470 (+13.5%)
Median home value	$127,700 → $187,600 (+46.9%)	$179,700 → $232,900 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$925 → $1,177 (+27.2%)	$998 → $1,343 (+34.6%)

Black Jack

Population

6,9326,606

Median household income

$58,029$65,920

Median home value

$127,700$187,600

Median gross rent

$925$1,177

Valley Park

Population

6,7996,817

Median household income

$56,786$64,470

Median home value

$179,700$232,900

Median gross rent

$998$1,343

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Black Jack	Valley Park
Under 5	5.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	23.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	17.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.6%
45 to 54	6.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.9%
75 and over	5.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Black Jack	Valley Park
White (non-Hispanic)	13.2%	82.5%
Black or African American	84.2%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Black Jack	Valley Park
No high school diploma	13.5%	7.2%
High school graduate	22.9%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	24.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	14.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Black Jack	Valley Park
Drove alone	59.8%	73.1%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.8%
Public transit	3.6%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.5%	18.1%
Other means	2.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Black Jack	Valley Park
1-unit, detached	67.4%	50.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	25.1%	26.4%
20 or more units	6.7%	9.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Black Jack	Valley Park
Poverty rate	14.8%	12.7%
Average household size	2.53	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1970	1990