Valley Center, Kansas Valley Center, Kansas Location inside Sedgwick County and Kansas Location inside Sedgwick County and Kansas Valley Center is a town/city in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States, and a suburb of Wichita.
As of the 2010 census, the town/city population was 6,822. Valley Center was incorporated on September 29, 1885, and was titled for its locale in the valley of the Arkansas River. Valley Center is positioned at 37 49 47 N 97 22 10 W (37.829719, -97.369341). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 6.95 square miles (18.00 km2), all of it land. Valley Center is positioned two miles west of combined Interstate 135, U.S.
Valley Center is part of the Wichita, KS Metropolitan Statistical Area.
As of the census of 2010, there were 6,822 citizens , 2,484 homeholds, and 1,862 families residing in the city.
There were 2,484 homeholds of which 42.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 58.5% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.5% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 25.0% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 34.3 years.
31.4% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.3% were from 25 to 44; 23.8% were from 45 to 64; and 11.4% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,883 citizens , 1,761 homeholds, and 1,368 families residing in the city.
There were 1,761 homeholds out of which 40.6% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 64.2% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 22.3% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.4% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 28.9% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $50,683, and the median income for a family was $56,667.
About 1.0% of families and 2.3% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 1.3% of those under age 18 and 1.9% of those age 65 or over.
Valley Center USD 262 employs approximately 370 citizens and serves more than 2,760 kids from the communities of Valley Center, Park City, Kechi, and Wichita.
The schools include one Pre-K - 4 building, two K-4 schools, an intermediate school that homes the fifth and sixth grades, a seventh and eighth undertaking middle school, and a high school.
There is also an alternative school, The Learning Center, which assists students of all ages earning their high school diploma.
The Valley Center school precinct mascot is the Hornets.
Notable individuals who were born in and/or have lived in Valley Center include: a b "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"2010 City Population and Housing Occupancy Status".
Valley Center City Website History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: Past and Present.
Valley Center's Barton Solvents begins removing finished tanks, The Wichita Eagle, 2007-08-23.
Explosion probe shifts away from Valley Center; cleanup begins, MSNBC, 2007-08-23.
United States Enumeration Bureau.
History of Wichita and Sedgwick County Kansas : Past and present, including an account of the cities, towns, and villages of the county; 2 Volumes; O.H.
Standard Atlas of Sedgwick County, Kansas; Geo.
Historical Atlas of Sedgwick County, Kansas; John P.
Kansas : A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc; 3 Volumes; Frank W.
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