Paradise Valley vs Tolleson

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

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

Paradise Valley has the higher population (12,621 vs 7,233 in Tolleson). Paradise Valley has the higher median household income ($236,250 vs $55,015 in Tolleson). Paradise Valley has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $287,000 in Tolleson).

Population, income & housing

	Paradise Valley	Tolleson
Population	12,621	7,233
Median age	55.5 yrs	35.3 yrs
Median household income	$236,250	$55,015
Median home value	$2,000,001	$287,000
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,258
Housing units	5,748	2,852
Homeownership rate	95.1%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.9%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paradise Valley	Tolleson
Population	14,362 → 12,621 (-12.1%)	7,246 → 7,233 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$211,393 → $236,250 (+11.8%)	$45,952 → $55,015 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$1,516,200 → $2,000,001 (+31.9%)	$174,800 → $287,000 (+64.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,547 → $3,501 (+37.5%)	$891 → $1,258 (+41.2%)

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

Tolleson

Population

7,2467,233

Median household income

$45,952$55,015

Median home value

$174,800$287,000

Median gross rent

$891$1,258

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paradise Valley	Tolleson
Under 5	4.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	13.5%	20.3%
18 to 24	4.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	6.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	15.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	8.0%
55 to 64	19.8%	8.7%
65 to 74	17.5%	13.4%
75 and over	13.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paradise Valley	Tolleson
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	9.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.9%
Asian	5.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	78.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paradise Valley	Tolleson
No high school diploma	1.9%	39.6%
High school graduate	8.6%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	38.5%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	34.4%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paradise Valley	Tolleson
Drove alone	64.8%	69.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	3.8%
Public transit	0.4%	2.5%
Walked	0.2%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.8%	21.9%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paradise Valley	Tolleson
1-unit, detached	96.3%	66.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	9.1%
20 or more units	1.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Paradise Valley	Tolleson
Poverty rate	5.0%	30.8%
Average household size	2.53	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1985	2001