In addition, Valley City is a college town. There are a lot of students in Valley City attending college, and as a result Valley City provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.10 minutes getting to work every day.
Valley City is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, Valley City is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.01% of adults in Valley City have a college degree.
The per capita income in Valley City in 2022 was $35,525, 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 $142,100 for a family of four. However, Valley City contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Valley City include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Valley City is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
