Valley City, North Dakota

Valley City population, 2020 to 2024

Valley City lost 1 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.0%. In the latest year it moved by +16. Among 14 North Dakota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 9th; the median place changed by +0.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in North Dakota has 25,242 people, so Valley City is 26% of it.

Valley City covers 4.30 square miles of land, for 1,530 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Valley City is close to the typical town.

What county Valley City is in

All of Valley City's residents live in Barnes County, which had 10,798 residents in 2024. Valley City holds 60.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Valley City

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Valley City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58072. 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 City is

The Census internal point of Valley City is at 46.922600, -98.004100. Bismarck, the capital, is 131.4 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jamestown, ND (15,789 people), 32.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 55.6 miles away.

Daylight in Valley City

At 46.92° N, Valley City gets about 15 h 53 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 31 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Valley City

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Jamestown, 32.6 miles away, with 15,789 people.