San Carlos vs Star Valley

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

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

San Carlos has the higher population (4,769 vs 2,517 in Star Valley). Star Valley has the higher median household income ($66,075 vs $50,814 in San Carlos). Since 2019, Star Valley's population has grown faster (+57.0% vs +7.1%).

Population, income & housing

	San Carlos	Star Valley
Population	4,769	2,517
Median age	28.4 yrs	66.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,814	$66,075
Median home value	$67,700	—
Median gross rent	$397	$966
Housing units	1,280	1,973
Homeownership rate	57.1%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	18.6%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	San Carlos	Star Valley
Population	4,451 → 4,769 (+7.1%)	1,603 → 2,517 (+57.0%)
Median household income	$23,750 → $50,814 (+114.0%)	$28,058 → $66,075 (+135.5%)
Median home value	$33,400 → $67,700 (+102.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$388 → $397 (+2.3%)	$323 → $966 (+199.1%)

San Carlos

Population

4,4514,769

Median household income

$23,750$50,814

Median home value

$33,400$67,700

Median gross rent

$388$397

Star Valley

Population

1,6032,517

Median household income

$28,058$66,075

Median gross rent

$323$966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	San Carlos	Star Valley
Under 5	7.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.8%	0.9%
18 to 24	12.7%	4.4%
25 to 34	17.9%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	0.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	3.2%
55 to 64	9.2%	26.6%
65 to 74	6.2%	30.1%
75 and over	1.7%	24.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	San Carlos	Star Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	1.2%	93.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	64.5%	1.4%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	32.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	San Carlos	Star Valley
No high school diploma	14.8%	3.7%
High school graduate	51.2%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	1.6%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	San Carlos	Star Valley
Drove alone	62.5%	68.4%
Carpooled	31.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	15.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	15.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	San Carlos	Star Valley
1-unit, detached	84.0%	42.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	47.9%

Poverty & households

	San Carlos	Star Valley
Poverty rate	44.2%	6.9%
Average household size	4.05	1.60
Mean commute (minutes)	21	10
Median year structure built	1989	2000