Fountain Hills vs Paradise Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Fountain Hills and Paradise Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fountain Hills has the higher population (23,768 vs 12,621 in Paradise Valley). Paradise Valley has the higher median household income ($236,250 vs $104,788 in Fountain Hills). Paradise Valley has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $575,200 in Fountain Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Hills	Paradise Valley
Population	23,768	12,621
Median age	60.8 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$104,788	$236,250
Median home value	$575,200	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,781	$3,501
Housing units	13,309	5,748
Homeownership rate	83.3%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.5%	72.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Hills	Paradise Valley
Population	24,729 → 23,768 (-3.9%)	14,362 → 12,621 (-12.1%)
Median household income	$85,200 → $104,788 (+23.0%)	$211,393 → $236,250 (+11.8%)
Median home value	$402,100 → $575,200 (+43.0%)	$1,516,200 → $2,000,001 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,259 → $1,781 (+41.5%)	$2,547 → $3,501 (+37.5%)

Fountain Hills

Population

24,72923,768

Median household income

$85,200$104,788

Median home value

$402,100$575,200

Median gross rent

$1,259$1,781

Paradise Valley

Population

14,36212,621

Median household income

$211,393$236,250

Median home value

$1,516,200$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,547$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Hills	Paradise Valley
Under 5	2.5%	4.3%
5 to 17	9.5%	13.5%
18 to 24	3.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	7.0%	6.0%
35 to 44	8.4%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.1%	10.8%
55 to 64	20.9%	19.8%
65 to 74	22.4%	17.5%
75 and over	17.2%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Hills	Paradise Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	78.8%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	1.9%	5.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	1.9%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	10.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Hills	Paradise Valley
No high school diploma	2.6%	1.9%
High school graduate	16.5%	8.6%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	16.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.7%	34.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Hills	Paradise Valley
Drove alone	66.0%	64.8%
Carpooled	3.4%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	28.0%	25.8%
Other means	1.5%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Hills	Paradise Valley
1-unit, detached	66.6%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	0.1%
20 or more units	4.4%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Hills	Paradise Valley
Poverty rate	6.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.12	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1993	1985