Globe vs Star Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Globe and Star Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Globe and Star Valley are places in Arizona. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Globe has the higher population (7,230 vs 2,517 in Star Valley). Globe has the higher median household income ($66,545 vs $66,075 in Star Valley). Since 2019, Star Valley's population has grown faster (+57.0% vs -1.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Globe	Star Valley
Population	7,230	2,517
Median age	46.4 yrs	66.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,545	$66,075
Median home value	$214,800	—
Median gross rent	$909	$966
Housing units	3,495	1,973
Homeownership rate	71.4%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Globe	Star Valley
Population	7,348 → 7,230 (-1.6%)	1,603 → 2,517 (+57.0%)
Median household income	$49,954 → $66,545 (+33.2%)	$28,058 → $66,075 (+135.5%)
Median home value	$125,800 → $214,800 (+70.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$866 → $909 (+5.0%)	$323 → $966 (+199.1%)

Globe

Population

7,3487,230

Median household income

$49,954$66,545

Median home value

$125,800$214,800

Median gross rent

$866$909

Star Valley

Population

1,6032,517

Median household income

$28,058$66,075

Median gross rent

$323$966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Globe	Star Valley
Under 5	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.0%	0.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	10.2%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.3%	0.7%
45 to 54	16.9%	3.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	26.6%
65 to 74	12.5%	30.1%
75 and over	9.2%	24.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Globe	Star Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	41.7%	93.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.6%	1.4%
Asian	2.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	46.7%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Globe	Star Valley
No high school diploma	10.7%	3.7%
High school graduate	31.5%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Globe	Star Valley
Drove alone	78.8%	68.4%
Carpooled	11.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	15.8%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.4%	15.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Globe	Star Valley
1-unit, detached	71.8%	42.8%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	9.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	47.9%

Poverty & households

	Globe	Star Valley
Poverty rate	18.3%	6.9%
Average household size	2.17	1.60
Mean commute (minutes)	21	10
Median year structure built	1969	2000