Valley City, North Dakota
2026 Edition · 10 cards · data as of Oct 30, 2026
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Population
Down 2.3% since 2020.
6,430
people, the 13th-largest of North Dakota's cities and towns.
Census Population Estimates, 2025. Rank among North Dakota's cities and towns computed by the Almanac. Sources: Census Population Estimates
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The workday
5 in 10 jobs here go to people who live somewhere else.
50.2%
of 3,807 jobs located in Valley City are filled by in-commuters.
Census LEHD LODES, 2023. Sources: Census LEHD LODES
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Rent
Median rent is up 77% since the 2005–2009 survey, before inflation.
$780
a month. North Dakota's median is $954.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024 (latest), with earlier 5-year windows. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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The seam
Cross one tract line and median rent jumps $170.
A $170 gap between neighbors, the sharpest rent edge between adjacent tracts in Barnes County.
- $633 Tract 9680
- $803 Tract 9683
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024, adjacent tracts compared by the Almanac. Tract estimates carry wide margins of error. Sources: Census ACS 5-year
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Room to build
Local wages can carry more rent than the median charged today.
$1,052–$1,577
is the monthly rent range local workforce wages support.
- $780 median
Supportable rent computed by the Almanac from 2023 source wage data. Median rent: Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Computed by the Almanac, Census ACS 5-year
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Building
Most of the housing here is older than 2000.
- 60 homes permitted, 2022–2025
- 80% of those were in multifamily buildings
- 85% of all homes were built before 2000
Census Building Permits Survey, 2022–2025; Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census Building Permits Survey, Census ACS 5-year
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Units needed
Closing the gap would add 0.4–1.2% to the 3,304 homes here.
12–38
is the estimated number of missing housing units, from the lowest to the highest of three estimates.
Range computed by the Almanac from 2023 jobs and household data, using three demand models: 1% of jobs located here, 1% of renter households, and a rate by town size applied to renters. The low end is the lowest of the three and the high end the highest. It is an estimate, not a count. Sources: Computed by the Almanac
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Home value
A median home costs 35% less than North Dakota's.
$162,200
median home value in Valley City.
- $162,200 Valley City
- $249,900 North Dakota
- $332,700 U.S.
Census ACS 5-year, 2020-2024. Sources: Census ACS 5-year