Paradise Valley vs Wickenburg

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

Paradise Valley and Wickenburg 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 7,468 in Wickenburg). Paradise Valley has the higher median household income ($236,250 vs $65,253 in Wickenburg). Paradise Valley has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $449,400 in Wickenburg).

Population, income & housing

	Paradise Valley	Wickenburg
Population	12,621	7,468
Median age	55.5 yrs	64.9 yrs
Median household income	$236,250	$65,253
Median home value	$2,000,001	$449,400
Median gross rent	$3,501	$975
Housing units	5,748	4,433
Homeownership rate	95.1%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.9%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Paradise Valley	Wickenburg
Population	14,362 → 12,621 (-12.1%)	7,495 → 7,468 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$211,393 → $236,250 (+11.8%)	$47,270 → $65,253 (+38.0%)
Median home value	$1,516,200 → $2,000,001 (+31.9%)	$224,100 → $449,400 (+100.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,547 → $3,501 (+37.5%)	$606 → $975 (+60.9%)

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

Wickenburg

Population

7,4957,468

Median household income

$47,270$65,253

Median home value

$224,100$449,400

Median gross rent

$606$975

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Paradise Valley	Wickenburg
Under 5	4.3%	2.7%
5 to 17	13.5%	9.3%
18 to 24	4.0%	2.0%
25 to 34	6.0%	7.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	5.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	6.2%
55 to 64	19.8%	17.5%
65 to 74	17.5%	27.5%
75 and over	13.4%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Paradise Valley	Wickenburg
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	1.2%
Asian	5.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.9%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Paradise Valley	Wickenburg
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.3%
High school graduate	8.6%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	38.5%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	34.4%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Paradise Valley	Wickenburg
Drove alone	64.8%	64.7%
Carpooled	6.2%	11.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	1.7%
Worked from home	25.8%	14.1%
Other means	1.9%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Paradise Valley	Wickenburg
1-unit, detached	96.3%	79.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	0.1%	1.1%
20 or more units	1.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Paradise Valley	Wickenburg
Poverty rate	5.0%	16.4%
Average household size	2.53	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1985	1990