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Valley Falls city, Kansas: commercial real estate data.
Valley Falls city is a Census city of 1,382 people across 0.70 square miles of land, in Jefferson County. Median household income is $46,681, 54.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $386,100.
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Valley Falls
What Valley Falls is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.7 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,964
- County holding the largest share of its areaJefferson County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Valley Falls
How many people live in Valley Falls
- Population1,382
- Median age47.4 plus or minus 9.8
- Population under 18299 plus or minus 75
- Share under 1821.6 percent
- Population 65 and over347 plus or minus 124
- Share 65 and over25.1 percent plus or minus 7.9
- Households615 plus or minus 125
- Family households340
- Share of households that are families55.3 percent plus or minus 15.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Valley Falls
Income and work in Valley Falls
- Median household income$46,681 plus or minus $21,625
- Per capita income$31,477
- Civilian labor force661 plus or minus 138
- Employed649 plus or minus 137
- Unemployed12 plus or minus 13
- Unemployment rate1.8 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over1,018
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher20.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.1 percent plus or minus 2.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Valley Falls
Housing in Valley Falls
- Housing units652 plus or minus 133
- Occupied units615 plus or minus 125
- Vacant units37 plus or minus 31
- Vacancy rate5.7 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Owner occupied337 plus or minus 69
- Renter occupied278 plus or minus 110
- Ownership rate54.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$122,700
- Median gross rent, monthly$785
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.2 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Single family units467
- Share single family71.6 percent plus or minus 19.5
- Units in buildings of two or more179 plus or minus 103
- Share in buildings of two or more27.5 percent plus or minus 14.7
- Mobile homes6 plus or minus 7
- Median year structure built1954
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Valley Falls
How Valley Falls gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute556 plus or minus 123
- Commuting under 15 minutes162 plus or minus 50
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.1 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more341 plus or minus 93
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more61.3 percent
- Drove alone66.8 percent
- Carpooled13.1 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.3 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Worked from home13.0 percent plus or minus 4.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Valley Falls
SBA 7(a) lending to Valley Falls borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$386,100
- Average approval$386,100
- Median approval$386,100
- Ninetieth percentile approval$386,100
- Largest approval$386,100
- Jobs supported24
- Jobs per approval24.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jefferson County, not Valley Falls
Jefferson County context, not Valley Falls figures
These are Jefferson County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Valley Falls measurements.
- Establishments in Jefferson County316
- Employment at those establishments, Jefferson County2,580
- Covered employment, Jefferson County3,862
- Average annual pay, Jefferson County$51,468
- Average weekly wage, Jefferson County$990
- Housing units permitted, Jefferson County61
- Of those, single family, Jefferson County61
- County product, 2024, Jefferson County$500,996,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jefferson County0.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jefferson County$58,074
Every figure in this section is published for Jefferson County as a whole and is not a measurement of Valley Falls. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Valley Falls questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Valley Falls, Kansas?
1,382, in 615 households. Valley Falls city covers 0.70 square miles of land, which is 1,964 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Valley Falls in?
Jefferson County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Valley Falls?
$46,681. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $122,700. Median gross rent is $785 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Valley Falls businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totalling $386,100, across 1 lenders, median approval $386,100. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Valley Falls, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Valley Falls borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Valley Falls. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Valley Falls figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jefferson County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Valley Falls.
Is zoning published for Valley Falls?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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