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
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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.
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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.