Because there are quite a few people attending college in Valley City, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Valley City provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.
One of the benefits of Valley City is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.71 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small city, Valley City does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Valley City who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.92% of adults in Valley City have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Valley City in 2022 was $33,714, which is lower middle income relative to North Dakota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $134,856 for a family of four. However, Valley City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Valley City is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Valley City home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Valley City residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Valley City include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Valley City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Tagalog.
