Star Valley vs Tonto Basin

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

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

Star Valley has the higher population (2,517 vs 1,593 in Tonto Basin). Star Valley has the higher median household income ($66,075 vs $50,871 in Tonto Basin). Since 2019, Star Valley's population has grown faster (+57.0% vs -5.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Star Valley	Tonto Basin
Population	2,517	1,593
Median age	66.0 yrs	70.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,075	$50,871
Median home value	—	$253,400
Median gross rent	$966	—
Housing units	1,973	1,285
Homeownership rate	84.6%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Star Valley	Tonto Basin
Population	1,603 → 2,517 (+57.0%)	1,685 → 1,593 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$28,058 → $66,075 (+135.5%)	$42,215 → $50,871 (+20.5%)
Median home value	—	$131,100 → $253,400 (+93.3%)
Median gross rent	$323 → $966 (+199.1%)	$550 → $795 (+44.5%)

Star Valley

Population

1,6032,517

Median household income

$28,058$66,075

Median gross rent

$323$966

Tonto Basin

Population

1,6851,593

Median household income

$42,215$50,871

Median home value

$131,100$253,400

Median gross rent

$550$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Star Valley	Tonto Basin
Under 5	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	0.9%	4.8%
18 to 24	4.4%	2.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	3.6%
35 to 44	0.7%	2.0%
45 to 54	3.2%	18.6%
55 to 64	26.6%	5.7%
65 to 74	30.1%	30.6%
75 and over	24.2%	30.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Star Valley	Tonto Basin
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Star Valley	Tonto Basin
No high school diploma	3.7%	15.2%
High school graduate	33.5%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	44.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Star Valley	Tonto Basin
Drove alone	68.4%	58.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	29.2%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Star Valley	Tonto Basin
1-unit, detached	42.8%	38.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.9%	57.8%

Poverty & households

	Star Valley	Tonto Basin
Poverty rate	6.9%	18.0%
Average household size	1.60	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	10	—
Median year structure built	2000	1999