Valley Falls, Kansas

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Valley Falls is a city in Jefferson County, Kansas, United States. As of 2000 the City had a Population fo 1,254. Valley Falls was originally named Grasshopper Falls. Valley Falls is located in Delaware Township aand instead of City Hall there is the Deleware Township Hall.

1 Geography
2 Demographics
3 Schools
4 External link
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Valley Falls is located at 39°20′35″N, 95°27′38″W (39.342936, -95.460584)^GR1.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.9 km² (0.8 mi²), all land.

[edit] Demographics

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there were 1,254 people, 485 households, and 297 families residing in the city. The population density was 645.6/km² (1,682.6/mi²). There were 521 housing units at an average density of 268.2/km² (699.1/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 96.89% White, 0.72% African American, 1.12% Native American, 0.40% Asian, 0.16% from other races, and 0.72% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.64% of the population.

There were 485 households out of which 33.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.7% were married couples living together, 8.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.6% were non-families. 34.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 21.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 3.21.

In the city the population was spread out with 28.0% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 98.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $34,018, and the median income for a family was $41,500. Males had a median income of $28,000 versus $21,771 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,626. About 5.1% of families and 7.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.2% of those under age 18 and 19.6% of those age 65 or over.

[edit] Schools

Valley Falls has one local grade school serving grades 1-8 and one local high school serving grades 9-12. The local sports teams are known as the Dragons and their school colors are black and gold.