Kansas · Census place 2073300

Valley Falls, Kansas

Valley Falls is a city in Jefferson County, Kansas with an estimated 1,066 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 182nd largest of 193 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,066
#182 of 193 in Kansas
Change since 2020
-2.3%
-25 people
Land area
0.7 sq mi
Density
1,523 / sq mi
State median 1,527
Orange pin: Valley Falls. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Topeka.

Valley Falls population, 2020 to 2024

Valley Falls lost 25 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -8.

1,09120201,09220211,08420221,07420231,0662024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,092. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Valley Falls covers 0.70 square miles of land, for 1,523 people per square mile of land. The median Kansas place of 5,000+ has 1,527, so Valley Falls is close to the typical town.

What county Valley Falls is in

All of Valley Falls's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 18,332 residents in 2024. Valley Falls holds 5.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Valley Falls

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Valley Falls by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 66088. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Valley Falls is

The Census internal point of Valley Falls is at 39.339300, -95.461200. Topeka, the capital, is 23.3 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oskaloosa, KS (1,073 people), 11.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Topeka, KS, 24.5 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
39.339300, -95.461200
DMS
39°20'21.48"N 95°27'40.32"W
UTM
15N 287889.0E 4357319.1N
Geohash
9yupg9x20
Plus code
86F68GQQ+PG

Daylight in Valley Falls

At 39.34° N, Valley Falls gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Valley Falls

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Kansas, measured between internal points. The closest is Oskaloosa, 11.6 miles away, with 1,073 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Valley Falls, KS?

1,066 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 25 (2.3%) from 1,091 in July 2020.

What county is Valley Falls in?

Jefferson County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Valley Falls?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 66088.

How far is Valley Falls from Topeka?

23.3 miles (37.5 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Valley Falls.

What is the nearest larger city to Valley Falls?

Oskaloosa, KS, with 1,073 residents, 11.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.